Ornate Huntress Venatrix ornatula (L. Koch, 1877)
Fauna Portal species: 7782
Venatrix ornatula male, habitus dorsal (QM S45533; Berwah Forestry Reserve, Queensland)
Image: Framenau & Vink (2001; fig. 32A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3538Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Appearance
(after Framenau & Vink 2001): This small species can be confused only with Venatrix brisbanae, but is darker overall. The caput flanks and the posterior margin of the carapace are distinctly darker. Males are distinguished from V. brisbanae by the tegular apophysis of the pedipalp, which consists of one single part and its mesoapical edge is folded ventrally. The tegular apophysis of V. brisbanae consists of two distinct processes. Males do not have a tubercle on the outer curve of their fangs. The epigyne of the female is distinctive, as the median septum is very wide and hardly sclerotised.
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2006): The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 23: 145 - 166WEB
(2001): Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae:Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15: 927 - 970