Hoggicosa castanea  (Hogg, 1905)

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

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N.B. This species may be a senior synonym of Lycosa errans and Lycosa perinflata (McKay, 1973).

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa castanea Hogg, 1905: 577-579, Figs. 83, 83A-B.
Lycosa errans Hogg, 1905: 579-580, Figs. 84, 84A-B (synonymy established in Langlands & Framenau, 2009)
Lycosa castanea Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 266.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 267.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine, 1922: 84, plate 5 (synonymy established in Langlands & Framenau, 2009).
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine, 1922: 83-84, plate 5 (synonymy established in Langlands & Framenau, 2009)).
Allocosa castanea (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 206.
Hoggicosa errans (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 247.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine.- Roewer, 1955c: 272.
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine.- Roewer, 1955c: 272.
Lycosa castanea Hogg.- Bonnet, 1957: 2637.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Bonnet, 1957: 2640.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine.- Bonnet, 1957: 2657.
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine.- Bonnet, 1957: 2664.
Lycosa castanea Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 379, 396-397, Fig. 3J.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 379, 394-395, Fig. 3I.
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine.- McKay, 1973: 379, 397-398, Figs 3K-L.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine.- McKay, 1973: 379, 395-396, Figs 3F-H.
Lycosa castanea Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 75.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 76.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine.- McKay, 1985b: 81.
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine.- McKay, 1985b: 83.
Lycosa castanea Hogg.- Platnick, 1993: 487.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Platnick, 1998: 559.
Lycosa perinflata Pulleine.- Platnick, 1998: 559.
Lycosa skeeti Pulleine.- Platnick, 1998: 560.
Hoggicosa castanea (Hogg).- Langlands & Framenau, 2010: 91-93, Figs 1I, 3A-B, 4A-C, 5A-B, 7A, 8A-D, 9A-B, 10.

Types

Holotype

• Female, "(without locality) sent from Adelaide" (Hogg, 1905) [South Australia?] (South Australian Museum, SAM NN015) (pers. observation).

Identification

Epigyne of female holotype of Lycosa castanea [as illustrated in McKay (1973)].

Distribution

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

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