Tim's Wolf Spider Kochosa timwintoni Framenau, Castanheira & Yoo, 2023
Fauna Portal species: 10994
Kochosa timwintoni male, dorsal (WAM T86692; West Mt Barren, Western Australia)
Image: Framenau et al. (2023; fig. 28A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 5087Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2023): Males of K. timwintoni can be easily separated from other species of Kochosa by the unique light brown to yellow, broad base of the embolus. They are most similar to those of K. westralia, but in addition to the embolus, the first species has a triangular and pointing retrolaterally basoembolic apophysis, whereas it is broad and round in K. westralia. The epigyne of female K. timwintoni has a distinct median septum similar to K. obelix and K. westralia, but the posterior transverse part is much broader, so that the median septum forms and inverted âTâ.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2023): The artoriine wolf spiders of Australia: the new genus Kochosa and a key to genera (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa. 5239: 301 - 357DOI