Lycosa ariadnae McKay, 1979

Female (A, B, E-H, L) and male pedipalp (C, D, I, J) of Lycosa ariadnae [as illustrated in McKay (1979d)]. Cephalothorax length females 5.2 - 7.9 mm, males 5.0 - 5.7 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa ariadnae McKay, 1979d: 241-246, Figs 1A-L; plate 1, A-B.
Lycosa ariadnae McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 74-75.
Lycosa ariadnae McKay.- Platnick, 1989: 370.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Darkan [33°18’S, 116°50’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 72/246) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Distribution

South-western Western Australia (McKay, 1979d).

Biological Reference

Sandy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain, also open heathland, open cleared areas and open forests; burrowing (McKay, 1976b).

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