Bicoloured Wolf Spider Hoggicosa bicolor (Hogg, 1906)
Fauna Portal species: 6348
Diagnosis
(after Langlands & Framenau 2010): The male pedipalp of H. bicolor is most similar to that of H. snelli, but these two species can be easy distinguished by abdomen colouration. Male H. bicolor have a grey opisthosoma and black venter, whereas male H. snelli have a cream opisthosoma and venter with a black epigastric stripe. Females and juveniles can be readily distinguished from all other Hoggicosa species by the striking colouration of the legs and abdomen.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Lectotype (designated by McKay 1973): female from South Australia: no locality given, no date (SAM NN012). Paralectotypes. South Australia: 1 female, no locality given, no date (SAM NN011); 1 juvenile, no locality given, no date (SAM NN013).
Australia
- 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
(1973): The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 16: 375 - 398