Alf's Hoggicosa Hoggicosa alfi Langlands & Framenau, 2010
Fauna Portal species: 6350
Hoggicosa alfi female, dorsal (WAM T70334; Lorna Glen Station, Western Australia)
Image: Langlands & Framenau (2010; fig. 1H)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4919Diagnosis
(after Langlands & Framenau 2010): Males of Hoggicosa alfi can be distinguished from all other Hoggicosa by the presence of a dark oval patch on the pars pendula and an elongated terminal apophysis which points retrolaterally with only a slight apical bend. Females can be distinguished from all other Hoggicosa by the unique shape of the epigynum, which has broad anterior pockets and a comparatively wide posterior transverse part.
Variation: The tegular apophysis and terminal apophysis of males are somewhat variable within this species. The terminal apophysis of some males points more retrolaterally (little curve apically). The ridge between the ventral process of the tegular apophysis and apical point can also point retrolaterally with little curve. The size of the female epigynum can vary. The opisthosoma of some females may be mottled and darker.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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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