Allocosa woodwardi (Simon, 1909)
Systematics and Taxonomy
Lycosa woodwardi Simon, 1909d: 182-183.
Lycosa woodwardi Simon.- Rainbow,
1911: 274.
Allocosa woodwardi (Simon).- Roewer,
1955c: 207.
Allocosa woodwardi (Simon).- Rack,
1961: 39.
Lycosa woodwardi Simon.- McKay,
1973: 380.
Lycosa woodwardi Simon.- McKay,
1985b: 84.
Lycosa woodwardi Simon.- Moritz,
1992: 329.
Types
Syntypes
- 1 female (no sex or age given
in Rack 1961), Northampton
[28°20’S, 114°37’E, Western Australia]. 'Hamburger südwest-australische
Forschungsreise', 'Station 71', 15 July 1905 (Zoologisches Staatsinstitut
und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Rack (1961)-catalogue 483) (pers.
observation).
- 1 female, 3 juveniles,
Beverly [Western Australia]. 'Hamburger südwest-australische
Forschungsreise', 'Station 156', 26 August 1905 (Museum für Naturkunde,
Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität Berlin, ZMB 11100) (Moritz 1992).
- 1 female, Dongara [29°15’S,
114°55’E, Western Australia]. 'Hamburger südwest-australische Forschungsreise',
'Station 83' (Western Australian Museum, WAM 11/4300,
http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).
Identification
Simon's (1909d)
species descriptions are in Latin and rather schematic. A large species (total
length 18-19 mm).
Distribution
Known only from syntype localities, Northampton, Beverly and
Dongarra (Western Australia).
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