False Special Huntress Venatrix esposica Framenau & Vink, 2001
Fauna Portal species: 7772
Venatrix esposica male, dorsal (SAM NN6989; Innes National Park, Pondolowie Bay, Yorke Peninsula; South Australia)
Image: Framenau & Vink (2001; fig. 25A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3509Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Vink 2001): Venatrix esposica is morphologically very similar to V. speciosa and can be distinguished only by genitalic features. Males can be differentiated by the lateral process of the tegular apophysis of the pedipalp, which is broad and spoon-like in V. esposica, but forms a proximally oriented hook in V. speciosa. Females are very difficult to tell apart. It appears that the lateral ends of the posterior transverse part reach further anteriorly in V. esposica than in V. speciosa. The epigyne is longer in V. esposica than in V. speciosa. The posterior transverse part of the epigyne is variable in females, its lateral ends reaching further anteriorly in V. esposica than in V. speciosa.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
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Publications
(2001): Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae:Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15: 927 - 970