Geolycosa festina (L. Koch, 1877)
Male and female of Geolycosa festina [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)].Carapace length male 6 mm,
female 7 mm.
Systematics and Taxonomy
Lycosa festina Koch,
1877a: 927-929, plate 80, Figs 3, 3A, 4, 4A .
Lycosa festina L. Koch.- Rainbow,
1911: 267.
Geolycosa festina (L. Koch).- Roewer,
1955c: 243.
Geolycosa festina (L. Koch).- Rack,
1961: 37.
Geolycosa festina (L. Koch).- McKay,
1973: 380.
Lycosa festina L. Koch.- McKay,
1985b: 80.
Lycosa festina L. Koch.- Moritz,
1992: 313.
Types
Syntypes:
Koch (1877a) provides the following localities in Queensland: Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E], Bowen [20°00’S, 148°14’E], Peak Downs [22°56'S, 148°05'E], and Port McKay [21°10'S, 149°14'E].
- 1 male, 1 female, Peak Downs [22°56'S, 148°05'E], Koch collection (British Museum for Natural History, London, 1919.9.18.359-360) (pers. observation).
- 1 immature female, Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E, Queensland], Museum Godeffroy No. 6530 (Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Rack (1961)-catalogue 455) (pers. observation).
- 2 subadult females, Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E, Queensland] Museum Godeffroy (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität, Berlin: ZMB 3473)(pers. observation) (Moritz, 1992).
Distribution
Known from type localities in Northern Queensland only.
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