European Journal of Taxonomy 335: 1–72 ISSN 2118-9773 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.335 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2017 · Framenau V.W. & Hudson P. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Monograph urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EFCD2BD0-D70E-4A9B-8EEA-FE86EDC66F57 Taxonomy, systematics and biology of the Australian halotolerant wolf spider genus Tetralycosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Artoriinae) Volker W. FRAMENAU 1,2,3,* & Peter HUDSON 4 1 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd, 1/511 Wanneroo Road, Balcatta, Western Australia 6021, Australia. 2 School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia. 3 Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australia Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia. 4 South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. * Corresponding author:
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[email protected] 1 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:9D67C6B0-37C2-4009-BD30-D02C4136F562 2 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:AA82892F-3FF4-42F1-8FD8-49D09FDA8128 Abstract. The Australian wolf spider genus Tetralycosa Roewer, 1960, with Lycosa meracula Simon, 1909 (junior synonym of Lycosa oraria L. Koch, 1877) as type species, is revised to include 13 species, eight of which are described as new here: Tetralycosa adarca sp. nov., T. alteripa (McKay, 1976), T. arabanae Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006, T. baudinettei sp. nov., T. caudex sp. nov., T. eyrei (Hickman, 1944), T. floundersi sp. nov., T. halophila sp. nov., T. oraria (L. Koch, 1876), T. orariola sp. nov., T. williamsi sp. nov., T. wundurra (McKay, 1979) comb. nov.