Gippsicola

Gippsicola is a genus of Australian tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1900.^[2] It is no longer considered a junior synonym of Segestria^[3][4] due to anatomical differences in the pedipalps of males and the receptaculum in females.^[5]

Gippsicola
G. robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Segestriidae
Genus:	Gippsicola Hogg, 1900[1]
Type species
G. raleighi Hogg, 1900
Species
4, see text

Distribution

Species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.^[1]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes four species:^[1]

• Gippsicola lineatus Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)
• Gippsicola minutus Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)
• Gippsicola raleighi Hogg, 1900 – Australia (Western, South, Victoria) (type species)
• Gippsicola robustus Giroti & Brescovit, 2017 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

See also

• List of Segestriidae species