Hoggicosa errans  (Hogg, 1905)

Female of Hoggicosa errans [as illustrated in Hogg (1905)]. Cephalothorax length 13 mm.

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

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa errans Hogg, 1905: 579-580, Figs. 84, 84A-B.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 267.
Hoggicosa errans (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 247.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Bonnet, 1957: 2640.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 379, 394-395, Fig. 3I.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 76.
Lycosa errans Hogg.- Platnick, 1998: 559.

Types

Holotype

• Female, "without locality or collector" (Hogg, 1905) [South Australia?] (South Australian Museum, SAM NN016) (pers. observation).

Identification

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

Distribution

South Australia (?).

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