Allocosa hostilis (L. Koch, 1877)

Female of Allocosa hostilis [as illustrated in Koch, 1877a]. Cephalothorax length 5 mm.

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N.B. Koch (1877a) described this species from a female found in Ovalau (Fidji), therefore not Australian as listed by McKay (1973).

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa hostilis  L. Koch, 1877a: 939-940, plate 81, Figs 5, 5A.
Allocosa hostilis (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 206.
Allocosa hostilis (L. Koch).- Rack, 1961: 37.
Lycosa hostilis L. Koch.- McKay, 1973: 379.

Types

Holotype:

• Female, Ovalau [Fidji] Museum Godeffroy Nr. 14568 (Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg Rack (1961)-catalogue 460).

Distribution

Known only from type locality, Ovalau (Fidji).

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