Species Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycosa pictiventris Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1877. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [899-901 pl. 77 figs 4, 4a, 4b, 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1919.9.18.734 ♀ adult, Sydney, NSW; ZMH 474 1 ♀ (MGH 14573), Sydney, NSW; ZMB 3472 1 ♀, Queensland, no precise locality; ZMH 474 1 ♀ 1 juv. (MG no. 14573; misidentification: Framenau & Vink (2001) list these syntypes as V. hickmani), Rockhampton; MHNT undetermined (not examined by Framenau & Vink (2001), but they suggest it is most likely to be V. hickmani from this location), Brisbane; whereabouts unknown (Bradley's collection considered lost), NSW, Sydney and Pittwater
  Comment: Framenau & Vink (2001) list ♂ and ♀ syntypes in the Macleay Museum, Sydney (Bradley's collection). However, Framenau (2005) reviewed the status of wolf spider type specimens from Bradley's collection and considered all to be lost. The specimens in MMUS are unikely to be syntype material.

  Secondary source:

   Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 927-970 [942]; Framenau, V.W. 2005. The wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell in Australia: new synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 22: 265-292 [265] (information on Bradley's collection).

 

Generic Combinations

• Lycosa pictiventris 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]
• Geolycosa pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877). —
  Roewer, C.F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles Vol. 2 1751 pp. [243]
  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 pictiventris (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 [942-943 figs 16A-F, 17]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. (biology)

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]

 

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)