Raveniella hickmani ( Forster, 1959 ) Rix & Harvey, 2010

Rix, Michael & Harvey, Mark, 2010, The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level, ZooKeys 36 (36), pp. 1-321 : 49-50

Raveniella hickmani ( Forster, 1959) , comb. n.

Figs 75 A–B, 77A

Textricella hickmani Forster, 1959: 280 , figs 14–19 (holotype male from Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, in QMB, not examined). Brignoli, 1983: 375. Davies, 1985: 113. Platnick, 2009.

Selected material examined. AUSTRALIA: Tasmania: Mount Wellington, Woods Track to O’Grady’s Falls , 28.IV.2006, M. Rix, L. Boutin, 4♀ ( WAM T94099) ; Cuck-

oo Falls, near Scottsdale, 26.IV.2006, M. Rix, 1♀ ( WAM T94098). Victoria: Otway Ranges , Beauchamp Falls , 24.IV.2006, M. Rix, 1♁, 15♀ ( WAM T77731) ; same data, 1♁ ( WAM T80028 DNA-MPE) ; Yarra Ranges National Park, Mount Donna Buang , 19.IV.2006, M. Rix, 1♁, 14♀ ( WAM T94097) ; Yarra Ranges National Park, ‘ The Beeches’, near Marysville , 18.IV.2006, M. Rix, 2♁, 8♀ ( WAM T94096) .

Remarks. Raveniella hickmani is a distinctive, dark brown species of Raveniella , found in moss, leaf litter and low-growing ferns in the temperate rainforests of Victoria and Tasmania. It is usually much less common than R. luteola , with which it can sometimes be found in sympatry (M. Rix, pers. obs.).

Figures

Figure 75. Raveniella species, female cleared receptacula, dorsal view: A R. hickmani (Forster) from near Marysville, Victoria (WAM T94096) B detail of tracheae and right receptaculum of R. hickmani from near Marysville, Victoria (WAM T94096) C R. luteola (Hickman) from Mount Wellington, Tasmania (WAM T77730) D paratype R. peckorum sp. n. from Modong Nature Reserve, Western Australia (WAM T94408). Scale bars = 0.065 mm (65 µm).