Tetralycosa alteripa (McKay, 1976)

Male (a, b, d) and female epigyne (c, e) of Tetralycosa alteripa [as illustrated in McKay (1976b)]. (Total length for males given as 9.0-9.6 mm, however this measurement most likely represents cephalothorax width as the species is much larger.)

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa alteripa McKay, 1976b: 418-420, Figs 2, 2A-E.
Lycosa alteripa McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa alteripa McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 74.
Tetralycosa alteripa (McKay).- Framenau, Gotch and Austin, in press: ##-##.

Types

Holotype:

• Male, claypan near mouth of Fitzgerald River [34°05’S, 119°34’E, Western Australia], 11 July 1970, R. J. McKay, R. Prince (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/41) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html)

Paratypes:

• 2 males, 1 female, 3 juveniles, data as holotype (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/41-6) (V. W. Framenau, pers. observation).
• 1 female, salt lake near Israelite Bay, [33°33’S, 123°53’E, Western Australia], 19 April 1974, A. V. Thomas (Western Australian Museum, WAM 74/501) (V. W. Framenau, pers. Observation).

Distribution

Western Australia (McKay, 1976b), South Australia (Hudson and Adams, 1996, Hudson, 1997)

Biological Reference

Tetralycosa alteripa inhabits the claypans of salt lakes (McKay, 1976b).

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