Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878

Wishart, Graham & Rowell, David M., 2008, Trapdoor Spiders of the Genus Misgolas (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae) from Eastern New South Wales, With Notes on Genetic Variation, Records of the Australian Museum 60 (1), pp. 45-86 : 85-86

Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878

Misgolas rapax Karsch, 1878: 821

Species in synonymy:

?! Misgolas hubbardi Wishart, 1992 is placed in synonymy with M. rapax because female morphology of the two species does not differ significantly, this conclusion is supported by molecular data.

Species removed from synonymy:

? Megalosara villosa Rainbow, 1914 is removed from synonymy with M. rapax where it was placed by Main (1985a,b) without explanation and from which it differs in male palpal morphology. It is here recognized as Misgolas villosus n.comb.

?! Dyarcyops melancholicus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 is removed from synonymy with M. rapax where it was placed by Main (1985a,b) without explanation and from which it differs in male palpal morphology. It is here recognized as Misgolas melancholicus n.comb.

?! Arbanitis montanus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 is removed from synonymy with M. rapax where it was placed by Main (1985a,b) without explanation and from which it differs in male palpal morphology. It is here recognized as Misgolas montanus n.comb.

! Arbanitis fuscipes Rainbow, 1914 is based on a single female and cannot therefore be unequivocally placed with one of the eleven species in the Sydney Region ( Wishart, 2006). Identity uncertain.

! Dyarcyops ionthus Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918 is based on a single female and cannot therefore be unequivocally placed with one of the eleven species in the Sydney Region ( Wishart, 2006). Identity uncertain.

! Arbanitis chisholmi Hickman, 1933 . Morphology based on a single female, taken some distance from the known distribution of M. rapax , with which it was synonymized by Main (1985a,b) without explanation. Identity uncertain.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Our thanks to Mr Graham Milledge for providing access to the Australian Museum spider collection; thanks also is extended to Drs Michael Gray and Helen Smith (Australian Museum) and Dr Robert Raven (Queensland Museum) for the benefit of their expertise. Dr Smith is also thanked for providing the mapping. Dr jeremy Brownlie supplied invaluable help with DNA sequencing of some of the species described here.