Mottled River Huntress Venatrix amnicola Framenau, 2006
Fauna Portal species: 7767
Venatrix amnicola male, dorsal (Avon River near Valencia Creek, Victoria)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2001)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3568Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2006, 2007): Venatrix amnicola is closely related to V. arenaris and V. palau, however, the carapace markings of V. palau distinctly differ from the two other species as the edges of the median band are much smoother. Venatrix palau is also distinctly smaller. Males can be distinguished by the shape of the terminal apophysis of the pedipalp, which is very broad in V. arenaris with a basally bent and sharp tip. It curves around the tip of the embolus in V. palau but forms a triangle with a tip being round and ventrally bent in V. amnicola. There do not appear to be any somatic or genitalic features that clearly separate V. amnicola and V. arenaris. The posterior transverse part of the epigyne may differ between both species as it is generally thinner and the lateral edges are generally yellowish-white in V. arenaris but broad and not lighter at the edges than in the other areas of the posterior transverse part in V. amnicola.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2007): Erratum to: 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: 417WEB
(2006): The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 23: 145 - 166WEB