Lycosa aurea Hogg, 1896

Immature female Lycosa aurea [as illustrated in Hogg (1896)].

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N.B. The holotype is an immature female (vidit, V. W. Framenau) and it must remain doubtful if it will be possible to assign adults to this species.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa aurea Hogg, 1986: 345, plate 24, Fig. 13.
Lycosa aurea Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 265.
Lycosa aurea Hogg.- Roewer, 1955c: 271.
Lycosa aurea Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 378.
Lycosa aurea Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 75.

Types

Holotype:

• Immature female, Ellery Creek [23°50’S, 132°58’E, Northern Territory], collected during Horn Expedition (Museum Victoria, MV K942).

Distribution

Known from the type locality only, Ellery Creek (Northern Territory).

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