Phyllis' Union-Jack Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa phyllis (Hogg, 1905)
Fauna Portal species: 7741
Tasmanicosa phyllis male, dorsal (MV K-11539; Ned's Corner, Victoria)
Image: Framenau & Baehr (2016; fig. 20A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4504Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Baehr 2016): The genital morphology of Tasmanicosa phyllis is most similar to T. harmsi, but both species differ in the ventral pattern in which T. harmsi has a band of white setae between pedicel and epigastric furrow, an area that is black in T. phyllis.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
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