Micropholcomma bryophilum (Butler, 1932)

Figs 10A–B, 11B, 12A, 12D, 15C, 18–21, 22A, 22C, 23A–B

Microlinypheus bryophilus Butler, 1932: 104, pl. 1, figs 1–7. Roewer, 1942: 617. Bonnet, 1957: 2885.

Micropholcomma bryophila (Butler): Hickman, 1944: 186, figs 11–14. Forster, 1959: 299.

Micropholcomma bryophilum (Butler): Davies, 1985: 89. Platnick, 2009.

Type material. Syntype male and female: Lorne, Victoria, Australia, from moss, I.1928, C. Oke, C. Gabriel (NMV K100/K101) (NOTE second female in sealed vial, K102, is not conspecific).

Selected material examined. AUSTRALIA: Victoria: Great Otway National Park, track to Cora Lynn Cascades, near Lorne, 22.IV.2006, M. Rix, 2♁, 6♀ (WAM T77726) ; same data, 1♁ (WAM T80013 DNA-MPE); Great Otway National Park, Maits Rest, 10 km W. of Apollo Bay, 23.IV.2006, M. Rix, 2♁, 1♀ (WAM T94451) ; Great Otway National Park, Melba Gully, 24.IV.2006, M. Rix, 1♁, 1♀ (WAM T94452) ; Otway Ranges, Beauchamp Falls, 24.IV.2006, M. Rix, 2♀ (WAM T94442) ; Yarra Ranges National Park, ‘ The Beeches’, near Marysville, 18.IV.2006, M. Rix, 4♁, 7♀ (WAM T94453 SEM♁ ♀) .

Remarks. Micropholcomma bryophilum is similar to, and often sympatric with, M. caeligenum, e.g. in the Yarra Ranges and Otway Ranges of Victoria. It can be most easily distinguished by the smaller size and presence of a four-segmented pedipalp on the female (Fig. 19C).