Tapetosa, a new monotypic wolf spider genus from Western Australia (Araneae : Lycosidae: Lycosinae)

Volker W. Framenau; B.Y. Main; Mark S. Harvey; J. M. Waldock

doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.309-314

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Tapetosa, a new monotypic wolf spider genus from Western Australia (Araneae : Lycosidae: Lycosinae)

Volker W. Framenau, B.Y. Main, Mark S. Harvey and J. M. Waldock

Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol.25(3), pp.309-314

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.309-314

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Abstract

A new monotypic Australian wolf spider genus, Tapetosa, with T. darwini as type species, is described for the ‘Carpet Wolf Spider’, which is known from granite outcrops in the southeastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia. Tapetosa belongs to the lycosid subfamily Lycosinae, but has a unique somatic morphology amongst wolf spiders, which is characterised by a dorso-ventrally flattened cephalothorax and abdomen associated with the spiders inhabiting narrow crevices under the granite sheets of rocky outcrops. The central tarsal claw is reduced and covered by extended scopulate setae probably facilitating movement on solid rocky surfaces. The tegulum of the male pedipalp carries a unique retrolateral protrusion.

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Title: Tapetosa, a new monotypic wolf spider genus from Western Australia (Araneae : Lycosidae: Lycosinae)
Authors/Creators: Volker W. Framenau - Murdoch University, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
B.Y. Main - The University of Western Australia
Mark S. Harvey - Australian Museum
J. M. Waldock
Publication Details: Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol.25(3), pp.309-314
Publisher: Western Australian Museum
Identifiers: 991005570561607891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Resource Type: Journal article

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