Lycosa nigropunctata (Rainbow, 1915)

Female Lycosa nigropunctata [as illustrated in Rainbow (1915)]. Cephalothorax length 6 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow, 1915: 787-788, plate 68, Figs. 16, 17.
Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow.- Rainbow, 1917a: 488.
Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow.- Roewer, 1955c: 272.
Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow.- McKay, 1973: 379.
Lycosa nigropunctata Rainbow.- McKay, 1985b: 81.

Types

Syntypes:

• 3 juveniles, Flat Rock Hole, Musgrave Ranges [South Australia], White Expedition, 14 July 1914 (South Australian Museum, SAM NN042-4) (pers. observation).

Distribution

Known from type locality, Musgrave Ranges (South Australia). Rainbow (1917a) reported a female from Innamincka (S.A Museum Expedition Interior 1916, SAM NN436) but it remains doubtful if both specimen are conspecific (pers. observation).

Biological Reference

Burrow with trapdoor (Rainbow, 1915).

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