Hooked Minute Wolf Spider Zoica falcata Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979
Fauna Portal species: 7797
Zoica falcata male, dorsal (QM S669; Kemp Airstrip near Darwin, Northern Territory)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8444Diagnosis
(after Lehtinen & Hippa 1979: The male of Zoica falcata is easily separated from species by the large, centrally spindle-shaped but distally falciform embolus, and the female by the closely spaced central pockets of the epigyne.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1979): Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. I. Lycosidae: Venoniinae and Zoicinae. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 16: 1 - 22