Lycosa gibsoni McKay, 1979

Holotype male (A-D), female epigyne (F), and burrows (E) of Lycosa gibsoni [as illustrated in McKay (1979d)]. Cephalothorax length females 8.3 - over12.3 mm, male 7.7 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa gibsoni McKay, 1979d: 255-258, Figs 5A-F.
Lycosa gibsoni McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 77.
Lycosa gibsoni McKay.- Platnick, 1989: 371.

Types

Holotype

• Male, Millstream Station, Fortescue River [21°35’S, 117°04’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/1) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Paratypes

• 3 immature females, 1 juvenile, Bamboo Creek [Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1712-15) (McKay, 1979d).
• 1 immature female, Dales Gorge [22°28’S, 118°37’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/532) (McKay, 1979d).
• 1 penultimate female, 1 juvenile, Hamersley Gorge [22°13’S, 118°00’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/239, 69/1050) (McKay, 1979d).
• 1 penultimate female, Nullagine [21°53’S, 120°06’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1855) (McKay, 1979d).
• 1 penultimate female, Pyramid Pool [22°16’S, 118°19’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1710) (McKay, 1979d).
• 1 juvenile, Walgun, East of Ethel Creek [23°12’S, 120°43’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1711) (McKay, 1979d).

Distribution

Western Australia (McKay, 1979d).

Biological Reference

Burrowing (McKay, 1976b).

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