Hoggicosa forresti (McKay, 1973)

Female of Hoggicosa forresti [as illustrated in McKay (1973)]. Cephalothorax length 10.3-13.8 mm, male 10.3 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa forresti McKay, 1973: 385-389, Figs 1F-G, 2D-G.
Lycosa forresti McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa forresti McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 77.
Hoggicosa forresti (McKay).- Langlands & Framenau, 2010: 97-98: Figs 1C, 5E 17A-D, 18.

Types

Holotype

• Female, 8 miles West of Morine Rock [31°18’S, 119°07’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/44) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Paratypes

• 1 female, Buntine, 3 miles southeast [29°58’S, 116°33’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 72/635) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, Carrabin [31°22’S, 118°40’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/37) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, Coonana, 12 mi northwest [31°01’S, 123°09’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/35) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 male, Hyden [32°27’S, 118°54’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/801) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, Kulin [32°40’S, 118°09’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 33/16071) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 penultimate male, Lake Moore [Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/198) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  male, Laverton [28°37’S, 122°24’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 26/717) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  female, Marloo Station [28°19’S, 116°10’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/42) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  female, Marvel Loch at Neuoria Mina [31°28’S, 119°29’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/30) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  female, Morawa [29°12’S, 116°10’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/172) (McKay, 1973).
• 4  females, 1 male, Paynes Find to Mt Magnet [29°15’S, 117°41’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/46, 69/465, 69/467, 69/791, 70/186) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  female, Rudall River [22°10’S, 122°59’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1151) (McKay, 1973).
• 2  female, Southern Cross [31°13’S, 119°19’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 72/634, 69/40) (McKay, 1973).
• 1  female, Tammin [31°38’S, 117°29’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/38) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, 1 penultimate female, 1 penultimate male, Wongan Hills [30°53’S, 116°43’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/792, 69/827-8) (McKay, 1973).
• 2 females, 1 juvenile, Wubin [30°06’S, 116°37’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/41, 69/43, 69/456) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, Yandi [22°42’S, 119°06’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 38/916) (McKay, 1973).
• 1 female, 6 penultimate females, 1 penultimate male, Yellowdine [31°17’S, 119°39’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/69-76) (McKay, 1973).

Distribution

Southern Western Australia and South Australia (Langlands & Framenau, 2010).

Biological Reference

Red clay-loams with Mulga, Salmon Gum, and Spinifex; burrowing (McKay, 1973).
Main (1976): 132-145, Fig. 37 (burrow), Fig. B7 (photography).

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