Species Venatrix funesta (C.L. Koch, 1847)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycosa funesta Koch, C.L. 1847. Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg Vol. 14 210 pp. [available 1848] [148-149 pl 493 fig 1376].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1964 ♂, 'Vandiemensland' [=Tasmania].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1957. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(3) 1925-3026 pp.
• Venator fuscus Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [118-120 pl 17 figs 3A-C].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.4.7.1.39-41 1♀ 1♂, 1 juvenile, Vic, Mt Macedon [37°25'S 144°34'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [931]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lycosa funesta C.L. Koch, 1847. —
  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. [77]
• Tarentula funesta (C.L. Koch, 1847). —
  Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (Aranéides). Paris : Encyclopédie de Rorét 540 pp. [350]
• Venatrix funesta (C.L. Koch, 1847). —
  Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [931-933 figs 1A-E, 2A-D, 3] (transfer male to Venatrix)
• Alopecosa funesta (C.L. Koch, 1847). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [223]
  McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [380]
• Venatrix fusca (Hogg, 1900). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [307]
• Venator fuscus Hogg, 1900. —
  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. [87]
• Venatrix fuscus (Hogg, 1900). —
  McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [381]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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. [77, 87]

 

History of changes

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15-Oct-2020		26-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		28-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
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