Star Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa stella Framenau & Baehr, 2016
Fauna Portal species: 7745
Tasmanicosa stella male, dorsal (WAM T93536; Mt Keith, Western Australia)
Image: Framenau & Baehr (2016; fig. 26A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4540Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Baehr 2016): Male pedipalp and female epigyne morphology are most similar to that of T. kochorum, but T. stella can easily be distinguished from that species and all other Tasmanicosa by the light, basally star-shaped pattern on the carapace.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- 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