Tetralycosa eyrei (Hickman, 1944)

Male of  Tetralycosa eyrei [as illustrated in Hickman (1944)].

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Pardosa eyrei Hickman, 1944: 24-25, plate 1, Figs 11-13.
Pardosa eyrei (Hickman).- Roewer, 1955c: 185.
Pardosa eyrei Hickman.- McKay, 1973: 378.
Lycosa eyrei (Hickman).- McKay, 1985b: 76.
Lycosa eyrei (Hickman).- Platnick, 1989: 370.
Tetralycosa eyrei (Hickman).- Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2005: ###.

Types

Holotype:

• Male, pulli, surface of North Lake Eyre, two and a half miles from shore [ca. 27°30’S, 137°22’E, South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939 (Australian Museum, AM K67695) (McKay, 1985b).

Identification

Male total length 17 mm. Abdomen yellow with a median dark brown patch in anterior half (Hickman, 1944).

Distribution

Found on the surface of salt lakes in South Australia and Victoria (Hudson and Adams 1996, Hudson 1996). Sympatric distribution with the scorpion Australobuthus xerolimniorum Locket, 1990 (Hudson 1997).

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