Kangarosa tristicula (L. Koch, 1877)

Female of Kangarosa tristicula [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)]. Cephalothorax length 5.5 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa tristicula L. Koch, 1877a: 892-893, plate 77, Figs 2, 2A.
Lycosa tristicula L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 273.
Trochosula tristicula (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 304.
Trochosula tristicula (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1960d: 859.
Trochosula tristicula (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1961a: 4.
Trochosa tristicula L. Koch.- McKay, 1973: 381.
Trochosa tristicula tristicula (L. Koch).- McKay, 1979e: 284-286, Figs 2J-P, 3A.
Trochosa tristicula (L. Koch).- McKay, 1985b: 86.
Trochosa tristicula (L. Koch).- Platnick, 1989: 391.
Kangarosa tristicula (Simon).- Framenau, 2010: 136-138, figs 1–2, 15, 78–85, 90.

Types

Holotype:

Female, Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales] Bradleys Collection (today housed in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney) (The type has not yet been located there; M. Humphreys, pers. comm.)

Identification

Female (A, J, M-P) and details of male pedipalp (K, L) of Trochosa tristicula [as illustrated in McKay (1979e)]. Cephalothorax length females 3.3 - 4.9 mm, males 2.9 - 4.3 mm.

Distribution

Queensland and New South Wales (Framenau, 2010).

Biological Reference

Forested areas, including rainforest, under logs, leaves and bark and near the margins of swamps and creeks (McKay, 1979e).

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