• Tasmanicosa Roewer, C.F. 1959. Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 1-518.

  Type species:

   Lycosa tasmanica Hogg, 1905 by original designation.
• Orthocosa Roewer, C.F. 1960. Araneae Lycosiformia 2. (Lycosidae). Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba Fasc. 519–1040. 55 pp. [774].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Hampton (HAM), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC) ; NSW, Qld: Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Murchison (MUR)

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa fulgor Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [20, Figs 3R, 4H; 9A–L, 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA S39839 ♂, 13.5 km north of Bogantugan, Queensland [23º32'S, 147º18'E].
  Paratype(s) QMBA S70803 ♀, Everard Ranges, South Australia [27º10'S, 132º25'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Lycosa gilberta Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [582].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♀ adult, Gilbert River, Riverina, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 4♀ adult.

  Subsequent designation references:

  McKay, R.J. 1975. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 6. The leuckartii group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 319-328 [325].

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa gilberta (Hogg, 1905). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [22]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [22, Figs 3H, 4G, 10, 11A–L]

McKay, R.J. 1975. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 6. The leuckartii group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 319-328 (ecology)

History of changes

• Lycosa godeffroyi Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892 [867].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1890.7.1.2371 ♀ adult, Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Peak Downs, QLD; BMNH 1919.9.18.396 ♀ adult, Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Peak Downs, QLD; BMNH 1919.9.18.397 ♀ adult, Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Peak Downs, QLD; ZMH MGH No. 300, Wollongong, Sydney, NSW, Peak Downs, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.
• Lycosa bellatrix Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892 [866] [Publication date established from Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1865. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2 [957] Note that this is listed as a valid species in current catalogues (under Hogna)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1919.9.18.1187 ♀ adult (labelled Tarentula vecatrix -possibly could = bellatrix), Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1865. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
• Lycosa tasmanica Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [571–573, figs 80, 80A–B].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA NN382 ♀, Table Cape, TAS [40°57’S, 145°43’E].
• Tarentula zualella Strand, E. 1907. Einige Spinnen aus Kamerun, Java und Australien. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 60: 177-219 [218-219].

  Type data:

   Holotype MWNH ♂, Sydney, NSW [33°53’S, 151°13’E].
• Lycosa woodwardi Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. Pt 2. pp. 155-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. 2(13). Jena : Fischer. [182-183].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH ♀, Northampton, WA [28°20’S, 114°37’E]; ZMB 11100 ♀, 3 juv., Beverley, WA [32°06’S, 116°55’E]; MNHP 24358 ♀, Beverley, WA [32°06’S, 116°55’E]; WAM 11/4300 ♀, Dongara, WA [29°15’S, 114°55’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1873] 1873. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [957]
• Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [15]

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa godeffroyi (L. Koch, 1865). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [14, Figs 1A, 2A–F, 3M, 4A, C, 5A–K, 6A, 7E, 8]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

General References

Humphreys, W.F. 1974. Behavioural thermoregulation in a wolf spider. Nature (London) 251: 502-503

Humphreys, W.F. 1975. The food consumption of a wolf spider Geolycosa godeffroyi (Araneae: Lycosidae) in the Australian Capital Territory. Oecologia (Berlin) 18: 343-358

Humphreys, W.F. 1975. The influence of burrowing and thermoregulatory behaviour on the water relations of Geolycosa godeffroyi (Araneae: Lycosidae), an Australian wolf spider. Oecologia (Berlin) 21: 291-311

Humphreys, W.F. 1975. The respiration of Geolycosa godeffroyi (Araneae: Lycosidae) under conditions of constant and cyclic temperature. Physiological Zoology 48: 269-281

Humphreys, W.F. 1976. The population dynamics of an Australian wolf spider, Geolycosa godeffroyi (L. Koch, 1865)(Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 45: 59-80

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

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa harmsi Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [24, Figs 3C, 12A–K, 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA NN29490 ♂, west of Lake Gilles, South Australia [32º43'16”S, 136º47'16”E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T141187 ♀, north of Bower, South Australia [34º04’S, 139º21'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV)

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa hughjackmani Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [27, Figs 1B–D, 3N, 4E, 13, 14A–K].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T141161 ♂, Londonderry Way, Epsom, Victoria [37º42'37”S, 144º18'11”E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T100132, T141162 2♂, 1♀, same as for holotype.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa kochorum Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [29, Figs 3Q, 4F, 6B, 7B, 15A–K, 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA S68828 ♂, Ransome Reserve, Queensland [27º29'S, 153º11'E].
  Paratype(s) QMBA S68829 ♀, Illaweena St, Drewvale, Queensland [27º38'S, 153º03'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Tarentula leuckartii Thorell, T. 1870. Araneae nonnullae Novae Hollandiae, descriptae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 367-389 [388].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SSMNH ♀ adult, Echuca, VIC [36°08’S, 144°45’E].
  Paralectotype(s) SSMNH ♀, Echuca, VIC [36°08’S, 144°45’E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [31].
• Lycosa christopheri Simon, E. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) 1909. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 2. [188].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH ♀ adult, Fremantle, WA [32°03’S, 115°44’E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH 448 juv., Fremantle. WA [32°03’S, 115°44’E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [32].

  Secondary source:

   Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.
• Lycosa molyneuxi Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [575–577, figs 82, 82A–B].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA NN462 ♀, Gilbert River, Riverton, SA [34°10’S, 138°45’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McKay, R.J. 1975. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 6. The leuckartii group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 319-328 [320]
• Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [31]

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa leuckartii (Thorell, 1870). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [31]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

From clay soils near streams.

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [31, Figs 1E–F, 3A, 6D, 7G, 16, 17A–K]

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

History of changes

• Lycosa musgravei McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 4. Three new species from Mt. Kosciusko, N.S.W. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 27-36 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS23 ♀ adult, Mt Kosciusko, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Lycosa musgravei McKay, 1974. —
  Framenau, V.W. 2004. Two alpine wolf spiders of Australia: Artoria alta sp. nov. and the male of Lycosa musgravei McKay, 1974 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New series 115: 27-34 [30-33 figs 3A-G, 4] (described male)
• Tasmanicosa musgravei (McKay, 1974). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [34]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, predator, terrestrial.

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [34, Figs 1G, 3I, 4D, 6F, 7F, 18A–K, 19]

History of changes

• Lycosa phyllis Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [573].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA NN024 ♀, Gilbert River, Riverton, South Australia [34º10'S, 138º45'E].
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA NN025 ♀, Goolwa, SA [35°30' S, 138°47' E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [37].
• Lycosa stirlingae Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [584].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ adult, Gilbert River, Riverina, NSW [34°10’S, 138°45’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [37]

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa phyllis (Hogg, 1905). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [37]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

History of changes

• Lycosa ramosa Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [910 pl. 78 fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 4 juv., New Holland — no details of occurrence.

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa ramosa (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [39]
• Cynosa ramosa (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [239]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Terrestrial, predator.

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa salmo Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [42, Figs 3K, 22, 23A–G].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T95244 ♂, Salmon Gums, Western Australia [32º46'46”S, 121º25'11”E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T95245 ♂, same as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Mallee (MAL)

History of changes

• Lycosa semicincta Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [908 pl. 78 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1919.9.18.950 juv. (Gayndah), Gayndah and Rockhampton, QLD; adult probably Rockhampton now lost, only one juv. in ZMH from Sydney but this locality is doubtful and specimen may not be this species; ZMH ?♀ juv., Gayndah and Rockhampton, QLD; adult probably Rockhampton now lost, only one juv. in ZMH from Sydney but this locality is doubtful and specimen may not be this species.

  Secondary source:

   Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa semicincta (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [43]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Open woodland, predator, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [43, Figs 1H, 3B, 6G, 7C, 24A–K, 25]

History of changes

• Tasmanicosa stella Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [46, Figs 3F, 25, 26A–K].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T93536 ♂, Mt Keith, Western Australia [27º14'55”S, 120º41'48”E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T85307 ♀, 22.5km SE of Lake Way Homestead, Mt Keith, Western Australia [27º15'04”S, 120º45'21”E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Lycosa subrufa Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle 51: 323-333, 771-826 [813].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 2♀, TAS.

  Secondary source:

   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. [2666] (establishment of publication date).

Generic Combinations

• Tasmanicosa subrufa (Karsch, 1878). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [48]
• Lycorma subrufa (Karsch, 1878). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [266]
• Hogna subrufa (Karsch, 1878).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

General References

Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213: 1-82 [48, Figs 3S, 4K, 27A–K, 28]

History of changes