Hogna burti (Hickman, 1944)

Female genitalia of Hogna burti [as illustrated in Hickman (1944)].

N.B. I could not find any significant difference in the genital morphology of this species and Allocosa finkei (Hickman, 1944), which appears to be a junior synonym of Hogna burti.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa burti Hickman, 1944: 29-31, plate 2, Fig. 16.
Hogna burti (Hickman).- Roewer, 1955c: 253.
Lycosa burti Hickman.- McKay, 1973: 378.
Lycosa burti Hickman.- McKay, 1985b: 75.

Types

Holotype:

Female, Burt's Waterhole, 55 miles South of Birdsville [26°35’S, 139°08’E, South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 645 (Australian Museum, AM KS6593) (pers. observation).

Identification

Female total length 18 mm. Carapace brown, grey longitudinal band extends from eyes to posterior margin. Abdomen fawn with a median brown patch in anterior half and an indistinct pattern of transverse bars on posterior half (Hickman, 1944).

Distribution

Known from type locality only, Burt's Waterhole (South Australia).

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