Natasha's Wolf Spider Hoggicosa natashae Langlands & Framenau, 2010
Fauna Portal species: 6354
Hoggicosa natashae female, dorsal (SAM NN14785; Lake Gilles, South Australia)
Image: Langlands & Framenau (2010; fig. 1F; D. Hirst)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4951Diagnosis
(after Langlands & Framenau 2010): Hoggicosa natashae can be distinguished from all other Hoggicosa by its striking dorsal abdominal pattern, which consists of black transverse markings on a pale cream abdomen. In addition, the anterior pockets of the epigynum are much larger than in any other species.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South 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