Gippsicola

Giroti, André Marsola & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2017, Revision of the spider genus Gippsicola Hogg, 1900 (Araneae: Segestriidae), Zootaxa 4227 (3), pp. 390-406 : 396

Key to Gippsicola species

1 Male palp with sperm duct with one convolution ( Figs 5 C–D, 10C–D)...........................................2

- Male palp with sperm duct with one and a half convolution ( Figs 7 A–B, 9A–B)....................................3

2 Male palp with a swollen tibia ( Figs 5 C–D); abdominal coloration as in Figs 5 A–B......................... G. raleighi

- Male palp with the tibia shorter than the cymbium, as wide as long ( Figs 10 C–D); abdominal coloration as in Figs 10 A–B........................................................................................... G. minuta n. sp.

3 Male palp with a subrectangular bulb ( Figs 7 A–B); female with a short anterior receptaculum and with the glandular ducts region swollen ( Figs 7 C–E); abdominal coloration as in Figs 6 A–D.................................. G. robusta n. sp.

- Male palp with a piriform bulb ( Figs 9 A–B); female with an anterior receptaculum with ventral thickened and irregular entapo- physes; abdominal coloration as in Figs 8 A–D................................................... G. lineata n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900, male from Bordertown, South Australia (WAM T 122927). (A) habitus, dorsal; (B) habitus, ventral; (C) left palp, prolateral; (D) same, retrolateral. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Gippsicola robusta n. sp., holotype (A – B, E), and female paratype from Mount Superbus, Queensland (QM S 15809) (C – D, F). (A, C) habitus, dorsal; (B, D) habitus, ventral; (E) eyes, dorsal; (F) spinnerets, ventral. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 7. Gippsicola robusta n. sp., holotype (A – B), and female paratype from Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland (QM S 91015) (C – E). (A) left palp, prolateral; (B) same, retrolateral; (C) internal female genitalia, lateral; (D) same, frontal; (E) same, illustrated, lateral. Scale bars without indicated measurements: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AR—anterior receptaculum; gda—glandular ducts of the anterior receptaculum; gdp—gladular ducts of the posterior receptaculum; IFinterpulmonary fold; PR—posterior receptaculum; UE—uterus externus.

FIGURE 8. Gippsicola lineata n. sp., holotype (A – B), female paratype from Mount Hemmant, Queensland (QM S 44778) (C – D), and female from Bellender Ker Range, Queensland (QM S 30617) (E). (A, C) habitus, dorsal; (B, D) habitus, ventral; (E) right leg I, distal region of the tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus, ventro-prolateral. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 9. Gippsicola lineata n. sp., holotype (A – B), and female paratype from Windsor Tabld., Queensland (QM S 90981) (C – E). (A) right palp, prolateral; (B) same, retrolateral; (C) internal female genitalia, lateral; (D) same, frontal; (E) same, illustrated, lateral. Scale bars without indicated measurements: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AR—anterior receptaculum; gdaglandular ducts of the anterior receptaculum; gdp—gladular ducts of the posterior receptaculum; IF—interpumonary fold; PR—posterior receptaculum; UE—uterus externus.

FIGURE 10. Gippsicola minuta n. sp., holotype. (A) habitus, dorsal; (B) same, ventral; (C) left palp, prolateral; (D) same, retrolateral; (E) same, cymbium, dorsal. Scale bars without indicated measurements: 1 mm.