Spotted Huntress Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877)
Fauna Portal species: 7785
Venatrix pictiventris female, dorsal (WAM T100135; East Ringwood, Victoria)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2009)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3490Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Vink 2001): Venatrix pictiventris shares a distinctive ventral pattern of four large and two small white spots with V. hickmani and V. allopictiventris. Males can be distinguished by the tegular apophysis of the pedipalp, which has a short, thin ventral process, and a distinct retrolateral tip that is bent proximally. The female epigyne is shaped like a pentagon rather than a triangle (as in V. hickmani), whereas the epigyne of V. allopictiventris has a distinct median septum with parallel edges.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2001): Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae:Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15: 927 - 970