Species Venatrix konei (Berland, 1924)
- Lycosa konei Berland, L. 1924. Araignées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia Zoologie 3: 159-255 [245-246 figs 197-199].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♀, 'Vallée Tiaouka' (= ?Tiwaka) [21°05S 164°48'E (coordinates for Koné River)].
Paralectotype(s) MNHP ♀ pen., data as for lectotype; MNHP ♀ (may not be in MNHP), New Caledonia, Bopope [20°55'S 165°04'E].Subsequent designation 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 [153] (comments on type locality). - Lycosa goyderi Hickman, V.V. 1944. The Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939. Scientific Report 1. Biology – Scorpions and spiders. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(1): 18-48 pls 1-3 [28 July 1944] [33-34 pl 2 fig 20].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS49705 ♀, SA, Goyders Lagoon Bore [27°01'S 138°54'E]. - Lycosa howensis McKay, R.J. 1979. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 11. A new species from Lord Howe Island. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19: 237-240 [237-238 figs 1a-e].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS60 ♀, NSW, Lord Howe Island, Lagoon Road, North of Blinky Beach turnoff [31°32'30''S 159°04'30''E].
Paratype(s) AM KS 61-63 3♂ 4 juveniles, same data as for holotype.
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 [963] (howensis with goyderi)
- 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 [152] (goyderi and howensis with konei)
Generic Combinations
- Piratosa goyderi (Hickman, 1944). —
Roewer, C.F. 1960. Araneae Lycosiformia 2. (Lycosidae). Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba Fasc. 519–1040. 55 pp. [915] - Venatrix goyderi (Hickman, 1944). —
Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [963-965 figs 44A-E, 45]
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 [8-9 figs 15-18] - Mustelicosa goyderi (Hickman, 1944). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [280] - Arctosa goyderi (Hickman, 1944). —
McKay, R.J. 1973. The Wolf Spiders of Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 1. The bicolor group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 375-398 [380] - Arctosa konei (Berland, 1924). —
Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [230] - Venatrix konei (Berland, 1924). —
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 [152-153] (transfer to Venatrix)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also found in New Caledonia and New Zealand
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
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. [78]
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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