Lycosa molyneuxi  Hogg, 1905

Female of Lycosa molyneuxi [as illustrated in Hogg (1905)]. Cephalothorax length 10 mm.

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N. B. This species may be a junior synonym of Lycosa leuckarti (McKay, 1975b).

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg, 1905: 575-577, Figs 82, 82A-B.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 270.
Allocosa molyneuxi (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 206.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- Bonnet, 1957: 2653.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- McKay, 1975b: 326-328.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 80.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- Hirst, 1988: 77.
Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg.- Platnick, 1993: 488.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Gilbert River, Riverton [34°10’S, 138°45’E, South Australia], A. Molineux (South Australian Museum, SAM NN462). Original type locality ‘Gilbert River, Riverina’ amended in Hirst (1988).

Distribution

Known only from type locality, Riverton (South Australia).

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