Dingosa serrata (L. Koch, 1877)

Male and female of Dingosa serrata [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)]. Cephalothorax length male 5 mm, female 6.5 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa serrata  L. Koch, 1877a: 930-932, plate 80, Figs 5, 5A, 6, 6A.
Pardosa praevelox Simon, 1909d: 191-192 (new synonymy in McKay, 1979a)
Lycosa serrata L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 272.
Pardosa praevelox Simon.- Rainbow, 1911: 276.
Pardosa praevelox Simon.- Roewer, 1955c: 185.
Geolycosa serrata (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 243.
Lycosa serrata L. Koch.- Mascord, 1970: 106, plate 49, Figs 193-194 (photographs).
Pardosa praevelox Simon.- McKay, 1973: 378.
Geolycosa serrata (L. Koch).- McKay, 1973: 380.
Lycosa serrata L. Koch.- Main, 1976: 142-143.
Pardosa serrata (L. Koch).- McKay, 1979a: 225-229, Figs 1A-F, 2A-D.
Pardosa serrata (L. Koch).- McKay, 1985b: 85.
Pardosa serrata (L. Koch).- Platnick, 1989: 383.
Pardosa praevelox Simon.- Moritz, 1992: 322.
Pardosa serrata (L. Koch).- Platnick, 1993: 500.
Dingosa serrata (L. Koch).- Framenau & Baehr, 2007: 1621-1625, Figs 1G-H, 6A-D, 7.

Types

• Syntype male(s?) and female(s?), Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales] Bradleys Collection (today housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney) (types not yet located there, M. Humphrey pers. comm.)
• Holotype of Pardosa praevelox, Buckland Hill [32°01’S, 115°45’E, Western Australia] 'Hamburger südwest-australische Forschungsreise', Station 114, 1 June 1905 (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität Berlin, ZMB 11118) (Moritz, 1992).

Identification

Female (A, E, F) and male pedipalp (B-D) of Dingosa serrata [as illustrated in McKay (1979a)].Cephalothorax length females 7.2 - 7.6 mm, male 7 mm.

Distribution

Western and South Australia, occasionally found in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland (Framenau & Baehr, 2007).

Biological Reference

Most abundant on sandy soils, especially coastal heathlands and coastal interdune flats (McKay, 1979a; Mascord ,1970).

Burrows of Dingosa serrata [as illustrated in McKay (1979a)].

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