Lycosa salifodina McKay, 1976

Female holotype (a, c), variation of female external and internal genitalia (b, e), male pedipalp (f, g) and burrow of Lycosa salifodina [as illustrated in (McKay, 1976b)]. Cephalothorax length females 12.1 - 13.8 mm, males 11.8 - 12.3 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa salifodina McKay, 1976b: 421-423, Figs 3, 3A-G.
Lycosa salifodina McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa salifodina McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 82.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Lake Lefroy [31°17’S, 121°41’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/369A) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html)

Paratypes

• 3 females, 2 males, 22 juveniles, data as holotype (McKay, 1976b).

Distribution

Western Australia, South Australia, and Northern Territory (McKay, 1976b, Hudson 1996, Hudson and Adams 1996, Hudson 2000).

Biological Reference

Open surfaces of salt lakes, burrowing (McKay, 1976b; Koch, 1977).

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