Species Hoggicosa storri (McKay, 1973)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycosa storri McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [389-394 figs 1H-J, 3A-E].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 70/240 ♀ adult, 38 miles S of Yellowdine, WA [31°51′S 119°39′E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 39–2564 ♂ adult, Muralgarra, WA [28°32′S 117°03′E]
  Comment: additional female and juvenile paratypes in WAM.

 

Generic Combinations

• Hoggicosa storri (McKay, 1973). —
  Langlands, P.R. & Framenau, V.W. 2010. Systematic revision of Hoggicosa Roewer, 1960, the Australian 'bicolor' group of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 83-123 [100-101 figs 1D, E, 5G, H, 23A-D, 25] (transfer to Hoggicosa)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

From clay or desert loam soils.

 

General References

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		26-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		12-May-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)