Species Costacosa torbjorni Framenau & Leung, 2013
- Costacosa torbjorni Framenau, V.W. & Leung, A.E. 2013. Costacosa, a new genus of wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae) from coastal north-west Western Australia. pp. 173–184 in Gunawardene, N.R., Majer, J.D., Taylor, C.K. & Harvey, M.S. (eds). The Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 406 pp. + i-vii [176].
Type data:
Holotype WAM T118024 ♂, Western Australia, Barrow Island, John Wayne Country [20°45’08”S 115°22’05”E].
Paratype(s) WAM T57673 ♀, Western Australia, Barrow Island [29°47’18”S 115°27’46”E].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Lycosa clara L. Koch, 1877 [misidentification]. —
Hogg, H.R. 1914. Spiders from the Montebello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 69-92 - Lycosa meracula Simon, 1909 [misidentification]. —
McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 12. Descriptions of some Western Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 241-275 [figs 9c–g, i–k]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Barrow Island and mainland Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Pilbara (PIL)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal dunes.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 | 18-Mar-2014 | ADDED |