Species Venatrix arenaris (Hogg, 1905)
- Lycosa arenaris Hogg, H.R. 1905. On some South Australian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 569-590 [586-588 fig 88].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA NN035 ♀ adult, MacDonnell Ranges, NT.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA NN036 ♀ penultimate juv., same data as for lectotype.Subsequent designation references:
McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 2. The arenaris group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 1-19. - Lycosa celaenica Rainbow, W.J. 1917. Araneidae. Results of the South Australian Museum Expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 482-489 [488 pl 32 figs 10-11].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA NN037 ♀ adult, Farina, SA [30°04'S 138°17'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 2. The arenaris group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 1-19 [1]
Generic Combinations
- Varacosa arenaris (Hogg, 1905). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [305]
McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [381] - Lycosa arenaris Hogg, 1905. —
McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 2. The arenaris group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 1-19 [1-6 figs 1a-m]
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. [74] - Venatrix arenaris (Hogg, 1905). —
Framenau, V.W., Gotch, T.B. & Austin, A.D. 2006. The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 1-36 [7 figs 3-10] - Lycosa celaenica Rainbow, 1917. —
McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [379]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Mapped distribution based on Framenau et al (2006) minus the records from SE Australia subsequently attributed to V. amnicola Framenau 2006
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
- 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 [146, 149 fig 3]
- Framenau, V.W., Gotch, T.B. & Austin, A.D. 2006. The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 34: 1-36 [7 fig 10] (discuss probable status of SE Australian specimens as a separate species)
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
From wet sand on river banks in arid areas.
General References
Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [960-962 figs 40A-F, 41] (misidentification: some listed material and genitalic figures refer to V. amnicola Framenau, 2006)
Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. (biology)
McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [379] (Lycosa celaenica)
McKay, R.J. 1974. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 2. The arenaris group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 1-19 [1-6 figs 1a-m]
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. [74]
History of changes
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