Geolycosa egena  (L. Koch, 1877)

Female of Geolycosa egena [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)]. Cephalothorax length 7 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa egena  L. Koch, 1877a: 935-936, plate 81, Figs 2, 2A.
Lycosa egena L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 267.
Scaptocosa egena (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 291.
Schizocosa egena (L. Koch).- McKay, 1973: 381.
Lycosa egena L. Koch.- McKay, 1985b: 76.

Types

Holotype:

• Female, Cape York [no exact location, Queensland), Bradleys Collection (today housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney). The type has not yet been located there (M. Humphreys, pers. comm.).

Distribution

Known only from type locality, Cape York (Queensland).

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