Allocosa flavisternis (L. Koch, 1877)

Female and male of Allocosa flavisternis [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)]. Carapace length female 8 mm, male 9.5 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa flavisternis L. Koch, 1877a: 950-952, plate 82, Figs 4, 4A, 5, 5A.
Lycosa flavisternis L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 268.
Allocosa flavisternis (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 206.
Allocosa flavisternis (L. Koch).- Rack, 1961: 37.
Lycosa flavisternis L. Koch.- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa flavisternis L. Koch.- McKay, 1985b: 77.
Lycosa flavisternis L. Koch.- Moritz, 1992: 313.

Types

Syntypes

Koch (1877a) provides the following locations for the syntypes: Peak Downs [34°55'S, 138°36'E, Queensland], Bowen [20°00’S, 148°14’E, Queensland], Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E, Queensland], Port McKay [21°10'S, 149°14'E, Queensland], Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales].

• 1 male (British Museum of Natural History 1919.9.18.361-362) (McKay, 1985). I was not able to locate this specimen in the collection of the BMNH in November 2001 (pers. observation).
• 1 male Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales], 1 female Port McKay [21°10'S, 149°14'E, Queensland], Museum Godeffroy No. 14575 (Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Rack (1961)-catalogue 456). Rack (1961) list ‘3 syntypes’ but only two specimens are present (pers. observation).
• 1 female, New South Wales [no exact location] Museum Godeffroy (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität, Berlin: ZMB: 3470) (pers. observation) (Moritz, 1992).
• 1 female (epigyne missing), 2 immature females, Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E, Queensland] (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität, Berlin: ZMB: 3466). Labelled ‘Lycosa laevisternis’, which is most likely erroneous as L. Koch never described a species with this name (pers. observation).
• 1 male, Bowen [20°00’S, 148°14’E, Queensland] (British Museum of Natural History 1890.7.1.2372-73) (pers. observation). Labelled ‘Lycosa laevisternis’, which is most likely erroneous as L. Koch never described a species with this name (pers. observation).
• "Neu Holland" [no exact location] ('Königliches Naturalienkabinett Stuttgart') (Koch 1877a).

Distribution

Queensland, New South Wales.

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