Hoggicosa snelli (McKay, 1975)

Female (a, c, e, g), male pedipalp (b, d) and burrow (f) of Hoggicosa snelli [as illustrated in McKay (1975a)]. Cephalothorax length females 11.1 - 12.0 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa snelli McKay, 1975a: 313-316, Figs 1A-G.
Lycosa snelli McKay.- Brignoli, 1983: 450.
Lycosa snelli McKay.- McKay, 1985b: 83.
Hoggicosa snelli (McKay).- Langlands & Framenau, 2010: 99-100: Figs 4F-G, 6B-D, 21A-E, 22.

Types

Holotype

• Female, Towera Station [23°10’S, 115°07’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/797) (http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/nat-sci/terr-invert/typesin2.html).

Paratypes

• 1 penultimate female, 1 penultimate male, Barradale [22°51’S, 114°57’, Western Australia] (Queensland Museum, QM W4021) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 female, 2 males, Barrow Island [20°47’S, 115°24’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1716, 74/498-9) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 female, Carnavon, 14.5km North [Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/1035) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 female, 3 penultimate females, 1 juvenile, Lyndon Station [Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 69/798-9, 69/803-5) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 penultimate female, 11 juveniles, Manberry, 11km towards Wandagee [24°01’S, 114°08’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 73/117-28) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 penultimate female, Mardie Station [21°11’S, 115°58’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1718) (McKay, 1975a).
• 1 female, 1 penultimate female, 1 penultimate male, 4 juveniles, Northwestern Highway at 760 mi peg, near Marilla Station turnoff [23°05’S, 114°32’E, Western Australia] (Queensland Museum, QM W4022; Western Australian Museum, WAM 70/163-4) (McKay, 1975a).
• 2 females, 2 penultimate males, Yannarie River [22°30’S, 114°46’E, Western Australia] (Western Australian Museum, WAM 71/1717; Queensland Museum, QM W4023) (McKay, 1975a).

Distribution

Arid regions of Northern Western Australia (Langlands & Framenau, 2010).

Biological Reference

Open areas of spinifex, low acacia bushes, or bare gravel slopes without vegetation; burrow sealed during the day with a round pebble, piece of wood, or dung pellets (McKay, 1975a).

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