Tasmanicosa godeffroyi (Garden Wolf Spider)
The characteristic "Union Jack" pattern of radial black and white stripes on the carapace identifies this as a Tasmanicosa species. Tasmanicosa godeffroyi is the only Tasmanicosa species that has been reported in the region by Framenau and Baehr in their 2016 revision of the Tasmanicosa genus. However from the dorsal side it is morphologically indistinguishable from Tasmanicosa leukartii. I am confident that this individual, a female, is T. godeffroyi because its total body length is 23mm. Females of T. leukartii have a max. body length of only 17mm. Note: T. leukartii can also be distinguished from T. godeffroyi by the pale central patch in the otherwise dark abdomen - viewed from the ventral side. I did not however turn this one over to check that!
Tasmanicosa godeffroyi is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
Species information
- Tasmanicosa godeffroyi Scientific name
- Garden Wolf Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1755.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Tasmanicosa godeffroyi Lycosa godeffroyi
Location information
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Maps
ANBG Bimberi Nature Reserve Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Callum Brae Crace Grasslands Farrer Ridge Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Jerrabomberra Grassland McQuoids Hill Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Painter Mount Taylor Mulligans Flat Namadgi National Park Point Hut to Tharwa Red Hill Nature Reserve Rugosa Sherwood Forest Stony Creek The Pinnacle Tuggeranong Hill Woodstock Nature Reserve
