Venatrix Explained

Venatrix is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.^[1]

Species

, it contains 27 species, all from Australia, with outliers in the Philippines and New Caledonia:^[2]

• Venatrix allopictiventris Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix amnicola Framenau, 2006
• Venatrix archookoora Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix arenaris (Hogg, 1906)
• Venatrix australiensis Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix brisbanae (L. Koch, 1878)
• Venatrix esposica Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix fontis Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch, 1847)
• Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867)
• Venatrix hickmani Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix konei (Berland, 1924)
• Venatrix koori Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix kosciuskoensis (McKay, 1974)
• Venatrix lapidosa (McKay, 1974)
• Venatrix magkasalubonga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995)
• Venatrix mckayi Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix ornatula (L. Koch, 1877)
• Venatrix palau Framenau, 2006
• Venatrix penola Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877)
• Venatrix pseudospeciosa Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix pullastra (Simon, 1909)
• Venatrix roo Framenau & Vink, 2001
• Venatrix speciosa (L. Koch, 1877)
• Venatrix summa (McKay, 1974)
• Venatrix tinfos Framenau, 2006

Notes and References

1. Roewer. C. F.. 1960. Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. De Witte. 55. 519–1040.
2. Web site: Lycosidae. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2017-03-10.