A large, distinctively patterned wolf spider in dry inland regions of SA, NSW and QLD usually found in low sandy depressions with vegetation of chenopods and samphire.This attractive species constructs a burrow (usually with a thick, bathplug-like door). Only the female has been described. The holotype upon which the description was based was collected at lake Gilles, South Australia and named in honour of the senior author's mother Natasha Langlands. The diagnosis is based on the striking dorsal abdominal pattern of black transverse markings on a pale cream abdomen and the size of the anterior pockets of the epigynum (female genitalia) which are much larger than in any other species. Juvenile females display the same bold pattern. ♀ 19mm
- Female oblique view, facing, Roxby Downs SA 5725
- Female facing, Roxby Downs SA 5725
- Female from side, Roxby Downs SA 5725
- Female from above, Roxby Downs SA 5725
- Burrow entrance, Roxby Downs SA 5725
- References
Female oblique view, facing, Roxby Downs SA 5725
Female facing, Roxby Downs SA 5725
Female from side, Roxby Downs SA 5725
Female from above, Roxby Downs SA 5725
Burrow entrance, Roxby Downs SA 5725
References
- Langlands & Framenau, 2010 - Systematic revision of Hoggicosa Roewer, 1960, the Australian 'bicolor' group of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)zoj_545 83
