Species Tetralycosa oraria (L. Koch, 1876)
- Lycosa oraria Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1876. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [883-886 pl. 76 figs 2, 2a, 3, 3a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ ♂ adult, King George Sound, WA. - Lycosa candicans Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [888-890 pl. 76 figs 5, 5a, 6, 6a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW. - Lycosa meracula Simon, E. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) 1909. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 2. [190, 191].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 24964 ♂ adult, Albany, WA.
Paratype(s) WAM 11/4303 juv., WA: Denham; ZMH 466 ♀ juv. (reg. no. 467 in McKay (1985)), WA: Denham; ZMB 11085 juv., WA: Denham
Comment: type data as reinterpreted by Framenau, Gotch & Austin (2006). - Lycosa sibyllina Simon, E. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) 1909. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 2. [188, 189 fig 7].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Albany, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 277-298 [279] (sibyllina with oraria)
- 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 [26] (candicans and meracula with oraria)
Generic Combinations
- Trochosula candicans (L. Koch, 1877). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [304] - Trochosa candicans (L. Koch, 1877). —
McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 277-298 [293-294 fig e]
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. [85] - Tetralycosa meracula (Simon, 1909). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [296]
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 [38] - Lycosa meracula Simon, 1909. —
McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 277-298 [264 figs 9a-k] (transfer from Lycorma; an undescribed species, not meracula sensu Simon (Framenau et al, 2006))
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. [80] - Lycorma meracula (Simon, 1909). —
McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [380] - Trochosomma oraria (L. Koch, 1876). —
Roewer, C.F. 1960. Araneae Lycosiformia 2. (Lycosidae). Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba Fasc. 519–1040. 55 pp. [847] - Trochosa oraria (L. Koch, 1876). —
McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 277-298 [279-282 figs 1a-h]
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. [86] - Crocodilosa oraria (L. Koch, 1876). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [238] - Tetralycosa oraria (L. Koch, 1876). —
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 [26-27 fig 58] - Hogna sibyllina (Simon, 1909). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [253]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Framenau et al (2006) state that the species is found mainly along southern coast of Australia, but give no precise distribution data.
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)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, predator, supralittoral, terrestrial.
General References
Framenau, V.W. & Hudson, P. 2017. Taxonomy, systematics and biology of the Australian halotolerant wolf spider genus Tetralycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 335: 1-72 [17, Figs 1E–F; 5A–D; 6A–G; 9]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 02-Feb-2018 | LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 | 05-Jan-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 19-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 26-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |