Hoggicosa bicolor (Hogg, 1905)

Female of Hoggicosa bicolor [as illustrated in Hogg (1905)]. Cephalothorax length 12 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa bicolor Hogg, 1905: 580-582, Figs. 85, 85A-B.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 266.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- Strand, 1913c: 618.
Allocosa bicolor (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 205.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- Bonnet, 1957: 2636.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 378, 381-385, Figs. 1F-G, 2D-G.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 75.
Lycosa bicolor Hogg.- Platnick, 1993: 486.
Hoggicosa bicolor (Hogg).- Langlands & Framenau, 2010: 94-95, Figs 1A-B, 2A, 13A-D, 14.

Types

Lectotypes

Lectotype female, "locality is not given" (Hogg, 1905) [South Australia?] (South Australian Museum, SAM NN011) (designated by McKay, 1973).
Paralectotypes, 1 female, 1 penultimate male, data as lectotype (South Australian Museum, SAM NN012-3) (designated by McKay, 1973).

Identification

Females of Lycosa bicolor [as illustrated in McKay (1973)].

Distribution

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory (Langlands & Framenau, 2010).

Biological Reference

Open, vertical burrow; frequently on well compacted soil ('arid red earth', 'desert loams'), vegetation Mulga Acacia aneura, Eucalyptus woodlands on red loams, and sometimes Mallee or Triodia an clay-loams. Frequently with Lycosa forresti and Lycosa storri (McKay, 1973).
Further biological reference: Main (1976).

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