Lycosa australicola (Strand, 1913)

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Tarentula australicola Strand, 1913c: 619-620.
Allocosa australicola (Strand).- Roewer, 1955c: 205.
Lycosa  australicola (Strand).- McKay, 1973: 378.
Lycosa australicola (Strand).- McKay, 1979d: 246-249, Figs 2A-L.
Lycosa australicola (Strand).- McKay, 1985b: 75.
Lycosa australicola (Strand).- Platnick, 1989: 370.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Central Australia [no exact location] (Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, SMF 2255) (McKay, 1985b).

Indentification

Female (A, E, F, I-L) and male pedipalp (B-D, G, H) of Lycosa australicola [as illustrated in McKay (1979d)]. Cephalothorax length females 5.5 - 8.8 mm, males 5.8 - 7.0 mm.

Distribution

Western Australia and Northern Territory (McKay, 1979d).

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