Geolycosa infensa ( L. Koch, 1877 )

Framenau, Volker W. & Baehr, Barbara C., 2016, Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae), Zootaxa 4213 (1), pp. 1-82 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5676955
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scientific name	Geolycosa infensa ( L. Koch, 1877 )
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Geolycosa infensa ( L. Koch, 1877) View in CoL

Lycosa infensa Koch, 1877: 933 , pl. 80, fig. 7; Rainbow 1911: 269; McKay 1985: 78 –79. Scaptocosa infensa (L. Koch) .— Roewer 1955: 291; Rack 1961: 37.

Schizocosa infensa (L. Koch) .— McKay 1973: 381.

Type data. Syntypes. Immature male, Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] ( NHM 1919.9.18.412); immature female, same locality ( ZMH Rack (1961) -catalogue 461, Museum Godeffroy ); immature, Rockhampton [23°22'S, 150°30'E, Queensland, AUSTRALIA] ( ZMH Rack (1961) -catalogue 461, Museum Godeffroy) (all examined). GoogleMaps

Remarks. All known syntypes of Lycosa infensa conform to the somatic characters of the generic diagnosis of Tasmanicosa as presented here due to their carapace and opisthosoma colouration as illustrated in Koch (1877). However, all syntypes are immature spiders and taking into account the somatic similarities of many species within the genus, the true identity of L. infensa cannot be established. The species is therefore considered a nomen dubium.

Roewer (1955) transferred this species to Scaptocosa Banks, 1904 , a junior synonym of Geolycosa Montgomery, 1904 , where it is currently listed ( World Spider Catalog 2016).