Pardosa pexa Hickman, 1944

Male pedipalp of  Pardosa pexa [as illustrated in Hickman (1944)].

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Pardosa pexa Hickman, 1944: 25-26, plate 2, Fig. 14.
Pardosa pexa Hickman.- Roewer, 1955c: 185.
Pardosa pexa Hickman.- McKay, 1973: 378.
Pardosa pexa Hickman.- McKay, 1985b: 84-85.

Types

Holotype:

• Male, Burt's Waterhole, 55 miles South of Birdsville [26°35’S, 139°08’E, South Australia], Simpson Desert Expedition 1939, coll. 645 (Australian Museum, AM KS17123) (pers. observation).

Identification

Male total length 10.7 mm. Carapace very dark brown. Abdomen yellow with a median longitudinal brown patch in anterior half and several transverse brown markings in posterior half (Hickman, 1944).

Distribution

Known from type locality only, Burt's Waterhole (South Australia).

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