Dingosa

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 3353

(after Framenau & Baehr 2007): Species of the genus Dingosa differ from all other species within the Lycosidae by a combination of somatic and genitalic characters. The cephalic area of the prosoma is elevated, the light median band of the prosoma has two short and longitudinal dark lines between fovea and posterior lateral eyes, and there is a narrow median light band between the eyes. The opisthosoma has a unique serrated cardiac mark. Legs are comparatively longer than in many other Lycosinae, in particular in males. The embolic division is unusually large for members of the Lycosinae occupying at least half the length of the cymbium cavity, with long and curved terminal apophysis and embolus. The tegular apophysis is elongated and points more or less apically, in contrast to most Lycosinae in which it points retrolaterally.