Micropholcomma bryophilum ( Butler, 1932 )

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 : 25

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).