Species Venatrix speciosa (L. Koch, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycosa speciosa Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [890-892 pl 77 figs 1, 1a, 1b].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ adult, Caigan, NSW [31°41S 149°12'E]
  Comment: Bradley's collection, lost.
• Lycosa mayama McKay, R.J. 1976. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 7. Two new species from Victoria. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 413-416 [413-415 figs 1, 1a-b].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (type specimens should be housed in NMV), Vic, Werribee [37°54'S 144°39'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 ♀ (probably misidentified: Framenau & Vink (2001) list under V. esposica), Vic, Broadmeadows [37°41′S 144°55′E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lycosa mayama McKay, 1976. —
  McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [80]
• Lycosa speciosa L. Koch, 1877. —
  McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [83]
• Hogna speciosa (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [253]
• Venatrix speciosa (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [946-949 figs 22A-D, 23A-D, 24]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

McKay, R.J. 1985. Araneomorphae. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service Vol. 3 183 pp. [80, 83]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		26-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		28-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)