Leuckart's Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa leuckartii (Thorell, 1870)
Fauna Portal species: 5358
Tasmanicosa leuckartii male, dorsal (MV K-11541; Ned's Corner, Victoria)
Image: Framenau & Baehr (2016; fig. 17A)
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(after Framenau & Baehr 2016): Tasmanicosa leuckartii is the only species in the genus which has a light patch of variable size in the centre of the venter. Genital morphology is similar to T. gilberta and T. fulgor. Males are most similar to T. gilberta, but can be distinguished by the shape of the terminal apophysis, which is broad and apically bent in T. gilberta, but twisted in T. leuckartii (that of T. fulgor is broadly sickle-shaped without apical modifications). Females are most similar to T. fulgor, but the epigyne is much shallower and overall narrower in T. leuckartii (that of T. gilberta has a much narrower median septum). Care should be taken and genitalia examined in detail for each specimens when large series of pitfall trap material of T. leuckartii are identified, as the species can be found sympatrically with T. godeffroyi,T. gilberta and T. fulgor, all of which have been found as singletons within large numbers of T. leuckartii in traps.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2016): Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa. 4213: 1 - 82