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Genus: Tetralycosa Roewer, 1960 | Family: Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Tetralycosa oraria (L. Koch, 1876)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019330

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)

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Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) 1j (A0000082) of Lycosa meracula -
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) (11085) of Lycosa meracula -
Syntype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) m (single pedipalp, 13595-138) of Lycosa oraria -
Syntype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia 1j (11/4303) of Lycosa meracula - (Main & Harvey, 1992)
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) (11102) of Lycosa sibyllina -

Taxonomic References

Lycosa oraria L. Koch, 1876a: 883, pl. 76, f. 2-3 (Dmf) Original description

Lycosa candicans L. Koch, 1876a: 888, pl. 76, f. 5-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019284]

Lycosa sibyllina Simon, 1909d: 188, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063803]

Lycosa meracula Simon, 1909d: 190 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018322]

Crocodilosa oraria Roewer, 1955c: 238

Hogna sibyllina Roewer, 1955c: 253

Tetralycosa meracula Roewer, 1955c: 296

Trochosula candicans Roewer, 1955c: 304

Trochosomma oraria Roewer, 1960d: 847 (T from Crocodilosa)

Lycorma meracula McKay, 1973: 380

Lycosa meracula McKay, 1979d: 264 (T from Lycorma; f. 9A-K see Costacosa dondalei and C. torbjorni)

Trochosa oraria McKay, 1979e: 279, f. 1A-H (mf, S of Hogna sibyllina)

Trochosa candicans McKay, 1979e: 293, f. 4E (f, T from Trochosula)

Tetralycosa oraria Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006: 26, f. 58 (m, T from Trochosa, S of Lycosa meracula and Trochosa candicans)

Tetralycosa oraria Framenau & Hudson, 2017: 17, f. 1E-F, 5A-D, 6A-G (mf)

Tetralycosa oraria Framenau, Castanheira & Yoo, 2023: 305, f. 1E, 2A, E (mf)

References

Framenau, V. W., Gotch, T. B. & Austin, A. D. (2006). The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34(1): 1-36. doi: 10.1636/H03-72.1 -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W. & Hudson, P. (2017). Taxonomy, systematics and biology of the Australian halotolerant wolf spider genus Tetralycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 335: 1-72. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2017.335 -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Yoo, J. S. (2023). The artoriine wolf spiders of Australia: the new genus Kochosa and a key to genera (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5239(3): 301-357. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.1 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1876a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 17-19]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 741-888, pl. 65-76. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

McKay, R. J. (1973). The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16(3): 375-398. -- Show included taxa

McKay, R. J. (1979d). The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 12. Descriptions of some Western Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 241-275. -- Show included taxa

McKay, R. J. (1979e). The wolf spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 13. The genus Trochosa. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 277-298. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1960d). Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2me partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 2, Lieferung 12. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 152-212. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7416 [[2nd pdf lists the collection locations]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-02-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Framenau, Castanheira & Yoo, 2023
2017-07-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Framenau & Hudson, 2017