Epigastrina fulva (Hickman, 1945), comb. n.

Figs 7F, 61–62, 63A–C, 67–70, 71B–D

Textricella fulva Hickman, 1945: 140, figs 6–10. Forster, 1959: 275, fig. 2. Brignoli, 1983: 375. Davies, 1985: 113. Platnick, 2009.

Type material. Syntype male and female: Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, near ‘The Springs’, from moss, 2000 ft, 19.XII.1944 (♁)/ 25.VIII.1943 (♀) (AMS KS6692).

Selected material examined. AUSTRALIA: Tasmania: Mount Wellington, Woods Track to O’Grady’s Falls, 28.IV.2006, M. Rix, L. Boutin, 1♁, 6♀ (WAM T77728 SEM ♀) ; same data, 1♁ (WAM T80027 DNA-MPE); Hobart, Bett’s Gully, 3.IX.1978, P. McQuillan, 3♁ (WAM T94145 SEM♁) .

Remarks. Epigastrina fulva is relatively common and widespread in Tasmania, where specimens can be found in moss and leaf litter. The species is immediately recognisable by the remarkable shape of the female epigyne (Fig. 63A) and male pedipalp (Fig. 62), with similar species known only from caves.