Cook Kangarosa Kangarosa focarius Framenau, 2010
Fauna Portal species: 7708
Kangarosa focarius male, dorsal (WAM T48044; Barmah Forest, Victoria)
Image: Framenau (2010; fig. 28)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4633Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2010): Male K. focarius are unique within the genus as their tegular apophysis has an apico-retrolateral pointy protrusion (central protrusion is present in K. nothofagus). The female epigyne is most similar to that of K. tristicula and K. alboguttulata, but it is much narrower.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2010): Revision of the new Australian wolf spider genus Kangarosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny. 61: 113 - 142WEB