Lycosa laeta (L. Koch, 1877)

Male and female of Lycosa laeta [as illustrated in Koch, 1877a]. Cephalothorax length male 6 mm, female 8 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa laeta L. Koch, 1877a: 944-946, plate 81, Figs 7, 7A; plate 82, Figs 1, 1A.
Lycosa laeta L. Koch.- Hogg, 1900: 77.
Lyocsa laeta (?) L. Koch.- Hogg, 1905: 590.
Lycosa laeta L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 269.
Tarentula laeta (L. Koch).- Thorell, 1881: 382.
Tarentula laeta curticeps Strand, 1913c: 621-622 (new synonymy in McKay, 1985b)
Allocosa laeta (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 205.
Allocosa laeta curticeps (Strand).- Roewer, 1955c: 205.
Allocosa laeta (L. Koch).- Rack, 1961: 38.
Lycosa laeta L. Koch.- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa laeta curticeps (Strand).- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa laeta L. Koch.- McKay, 1985b: 79.
Lycosa laeta L. Koch.- Platnick, 1989: 371.

Types

(Koch 1877a) lists syntype localities as Rockhampton [23°22'S,150°30'E, Queensland], Bowen [20°00’S, 148°14’E, Queensland], and Peak Downs [34°55'S, 138°36'E, Queensland] from material in the Museum Godeffroy.

Syntypes:

1 female, Peak Downs [34°55'S, 138°36'E, Queensland] Museum Godeffroy (Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Rack (1961)-catalogue 464) (pers. observation).
1 female, Peak Downs [34°55'S, 138°36'E, Queensland] (British Museum of Natural History, London: 1919.9.18.475) (pers. observation).
Holotype female Tarentula laeta curticeps Strand, Central Australia [no exact locality] (Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt) (McKay, 1985b).

Distribution

Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales (McKay, 1985b).

Startpage of ‘The Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Australia’

Homepage V. W. Framenau