Hoggicosa
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 562
(after Langlands & Framenau 2010): Hoggicosa (referred to as 'bicolor-group' by MckKay 1973, 1975) differs from other Lycosinae the shape of the female epigyne, with the distance between the anterior pockets greater than the width of the posterior transverse part. A second synapomorphy is a patch of ten to 30 dorsally curved macrosetae on the tip of the cymbium in males. In lateral view, the shield of the prosoma is highest in the cephalic region sloping gently towards posterior end. The prosoma is uniform in colour or with indistinct radial pattern; median or lateral bands are absent. Females of several species show striking contrast in the colouration of the legs and opisthosoma (similarly coloured as penultimate males).
A key to the species of Hoggicosa can be found in Langlands and Framenau (2010).
Publications
Langlands P.R. &. Framenau V.W. (2010): Systematic revision of Hoggicosa Roewer, 1960, the Australian 'bicolor' group of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158: 83 - 123
McKay RJ (1973): The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 16: 375 - 398
McKay RJ (1975): The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 5. Two new species of the bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 17: 313 - 318
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