Alopecosa madigani (Hickman, 1944)

Female venter and genitalia, and male pedipalp of Alopecosa madigani [as illustrated in Hickman (1944)].

NB: Alopecosa madigani may be a junior synonym of Alopecosa leonhardii (Strand, 1913), pending an examination of the female types of this species.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa madigani Hickman, 1944: 36-38, plate 2, Figs 22-25.
Alopecosa madigani (Hickman).- Roewer, 1955c: 223.
Alopecosa madigani (Hickman).- McKay, 1973: 380.
Lycosa madigani Hickman.- McKay, 1985b: 80.

Types

Syntypes:

The Australian Museum holds all specimens mentioned by Hickman (1944). Only two of these, a male (KS49706) and a female (KS77585) were labeled ‘type’ by Hickman (1944).

1 male, 6 miles North of Todd/Hale Rivers Jct [23°13’S, 134°24’E, Northern Territory], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 540 (Australian Museum, KS49706).
1 female, centre of Simpson Desert [South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 570 (Australian Museum, KS77585).

Also in this series

1 female, no exact location given on label [South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 570 (Australian Museum, KS77584). The collection number on the label, which is the same as the one of the female syntype, suggests the same locality, ‘centre of Simpson Desert’.
1 female, 3 miles N of [Old] Andado Station [25°23’S, 135°24’E, Northern Territory], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939 (Australian Museum, KS77586).

Identification

Female total length 16 mm. Carapace yellowish brown with a wide longitudinal band of black hairs on each side. Abdomen brown with a faint pattern of transvers bars. Male total length 10.8 mm; colouration resembles female (Hickman, 1944).

Distribution

Known from type localities only (South Australia, Northern Territory).

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