Allocosa finkei (Hickman, 1944)

Female venter and genitalia of  Allocosa finkei [as illustrated in Hickman (1944)].

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N.B. This species does not show any significant genital difference to Hogna burti (Hickman, 1944) (pers. observation), and is therefore most likely a junior synonym of the latter species.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa finkei Hickman, 1944: 31-32, plate 2, Figs 17-18.
Allocosa finkei (Hickman).- Roewer, 1955c: 206.
Lycosa finkei Hickman.- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa finkei Hickman.- McKay, 1985b: 76-77.

Types

Holotype:

• Female, Finke River, 25 miles from Abminga [26°17’S, 134°43’E, South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 520 (Australian Museum KS6595) (pers. observation).

Identification

Female total length 15 mm. Carapace brown with a median longitudinal yellowish band. Abdomen yellowish-brown, faint dark brown median patch in anterior half, and five indistinct brown chevrons in posterior half (Hickman, 1944).

Distribution

Known from type locality only, Finke River (South Australia).

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