Genus Tetralycosa Roewer, 1960

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• Tetralycosa Roewer, C.F. 1960. Araneae Lycosiformia 2. (Lycosidae). Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba Fasc. 519–1040. 55 pp. [949] [name first listed as nomen nudum in Roewer (1955): 296].

  Type species:

   Lycosa meracula Simon, 1909 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Framenau, V.W., Gotch, T.B. & Austin, A.D. 2006. The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 1-36 [22].

Introduction

Synonymized with Lycosa Latreille, 1804 by McKay (1979); reinstated by Framenau, Gotch & Austin (2006).

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; SA: Channel Country (CHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Dampierland (DL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL)

Distribution References

General References

Framenau, V.W., Gotch, T.B. & Austin, A.D. 2006. The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 1-36 [22-24]

McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 277-298

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