Species Lycosa australicola (Strand, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tarentula australicola Strand, E. 1913. Über einige Australische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 35: 599-624 [619].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 2255 ♀ adult, central Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

From clay soils and sandy soils.

 

General References

Bonnet, P. 1957. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(3) 1925-3026 pp. (taxonomy, generic change)

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 (ecology)

 

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		28-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)