Species Mainosa longipes (L. Koch, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anoteropsis longipes Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [973-974].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult (from Bradley's Collection, presumed lost), Australia.
• Lycosa maini 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 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 69–115 ♀ adult, 88 km N of Murchison River, WA [27°42′S 114°09′E]
  Comment: several paratypes (all immatures) in WAM and QM - information from secondary source: Framenau (2006).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Framenau, V.W. 2006. Mainosa, a new genus for the Australian 'shuttlecock wolf spider' (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 206-213 [208]

 

Generic Combinations

• Anoteropsis longipes (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Koch, L. 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 969-1044 pp. [973-974 pl 85 figs 2, 2a]
• Anoteropsis longipes L. Koch, 1878. —
  McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [73]
• Mainosa longipes (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Framenau, V.W. 2006. Mainosa, a new genus for the Australian 'shuttlecock wolf spider' (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 206-213 [208-212 figs 1-11] (description of male)
• Lycosa mainae McKay, 1979. —
  Platnick, N.I. (ed.) 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester : Manchester University Press 673 pp. [372]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [73]

Platnick, N.I. (ed.) 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester : Manchester University Press 673 pp. [372]

 

Common Name References

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (Shuttlecock Wolf Spider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		27-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		26-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		06-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)