Species Venatrix ornatula (L. Koch, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycosa ornatula Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [902-903 pl. 77 figs 6, 6a-b].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1919.9.18.712 ♀ adult, Bowen, QLD; ZMH MGH No. 14555 ♀ adult (Rack (1961) cat. no. 471), Rockhampton, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145-166 [157].
• Venatrix forsteri Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [955-956 figs 32A-F, 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S45533 ♂, Qld, Berwah Forest Reserve [26°51'S 152°59'E].
  Paratype(s) QM S19146-7, S19151, S19454, S19176, S19178, S19437, S19447 3♂ 5♀ 10 juv., same data as for holotype.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145-166 [157]

Generic Combinations

• Lycosa ornatula 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. [81]
• Allocosa ornatula (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [206]
  Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60 [38]
• Venatrix ornatula (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145-166 [157]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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. [81]

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