Lycosa corallina McKay, 1974

Female holotype (a, b, c), variation of female epigyne (d), male pedipalp (e, f) and variation of internal genitalia (g, h) of Lycosa corallina [as illustrated in McKay (1974b)]. Cephalothorax length females 10.4-14.9 mm, males 10.5-11.6 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa corallina McKay, 1974b: 21-26, Figs 1A-H.
Lycosa corallina McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa corallina McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 75.

Types

Holotype

Female, Wooded Island [28°45’S, 113°48’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1645) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Paratypes

2 males, 6 females, 5 penultimate females, 2 penultimate males, Basile Island [28°52’S, 113°57’, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/502-5, 71/1631-40) (McKay, 1974b).
4 females, 4 penultimate females, 1 penultimate male, 8 juveniles, Beacon Island [28°28’S, 113°47’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1649-65, 71/1989) (McKay, 1974b).
8 female, 6 males, 3 penultimate females, 1 penultimate males, 10 juveniles, Post Office Island [28°51’S, 113°58’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/506, 71/1609-30, 71/1793-9, 71/1990) (McKay, 1974b).
2 females, 2 penultimate females, 2 males, 2 juveniles, Wooded Island [28°45’S, 113°48’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1641-4, 71/1646-8, 71/1800) (McKay, 1974b).
4 females, 2 penultimate females, 8 juveniles, Rosemary Island [20°28’S, 116°35’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1976-88) (McKay, 1974b).

Distribution

Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia (McKay, 1974b).

Biological Reference

Coral shingle and beach ridges (McKay, 1974b).

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