Hogna subrufa (Karsch, 1878)

N.B. Karsch (1878c) provides only a verbal description of this species. He stresses its similarity with Hogna lacertosa (Koch, 1877). It appeas to be a large species, the cephalothorax is described as 13 mm long.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa subrufa Karsch, 1878c: 813-814.
Lycorma subrufa (Karsch).- Roever, 1955c: 266.
Lycorma subrufa (Karsch).- McKay, 1973: 380.
Lycosa subrufa Karsch.- McKay, 1985b: 83.
Lycosa subrufa Karsch.- Moritz, 1992: 327.

Type

Holotype:

1 female, 1 female without abdomen, Tasmania [no exact location], Schlager (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin: ZMB1962) (Moritz, 1992).

Distribution

Known from type locality, Tasmania ("Vandiemensland") (no exact location given), but also from three females found at the Gordon River, Tasmania (Museum Victoria, K8257) (pers. observation).

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