Brennan's Hoggicosa Hoggicosa brennani Langlands& Framenau, 2010
Fauna Portal species: 6351
Hoggicosa brennani male, abdomen dorsal (SAM NN17017; Taylorville Station, South Australia)
Image: Langlands & Framenau (2010; fig. 4D)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4928Diagnosis
(after Langlands & Framenau 2010): The pedipalps of H. brennani most closely resemble those of H. castanea and H. forresti. The pars pendula, which is transparent in H. brennani and joins below the embolus tip, may be used to distinguish it from H. castanea, in which it is opaque and joins at the embolus tip. In addition the subterminal apophysis of H. brennani is much longer than that of H. castanea. The ventral process on the tegular apophysis of H. brennani has a flange on the prolateral side which is absent in H. forresti. Male and female H. brennani have a pale venter with dark patterning, whereas H. castanea and H. forresti have a black venter.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
Similar Species
Publications
(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