Hoggicosa duracki (McKay, 1975)

Female holotype (a, d), female variation of epigyne (e) and male pedipalp (b, c) of Hoggicosa duracki [as illustrated in McKay (1975a)]. Cephalothorax lenth females 10.7 - 11.9 mm, male 10.3 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa duracki McKay, 1975a: 313-316, Figs 1A-G.
Lycosa duracki McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa duracki McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 76.
Hoggicosa duracki (McKay).- Langlands & Framenau 2010: 96-97: Figs 6G-H, 7B, 16A-E, 18.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Old Argyle Station, Ord River [15°12’S, 128°12’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 74/494) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Paratypes

• 2 females, 1 male, Old Argyle Station, Ord River [15°12’S, 128°12’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 74/495-7) (McKay, 1975a).

Distribution

Kimberley Region, Western Australia (Langlands & Framenau, 2010).

Biological Reference

Bare pebble-strewn gravel slopes and ridges bare of vegetation; burrow with hinged lid (McKay, 1975a).

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