Roo Huntress Venatrix roo Framenau & Vink, 2001
Fauna Portal species: 7786
Venatrix roo male, dorsal (SAM NN9721; 3.75 km NW Inman Valley, South Australia)
Image: Framenau & Vink (2001; fig. 8A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3470Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Vink 2001): Venatrix roo is close to V. funesta and V. australiensis. Males can be distinguished by their large, spoon-like tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp and the long, stout terminal apophysis with a rounded tip. The epigyne of the females has a very broad posterior transverse part with bulging lateral ends and a reduced median transverse part. The median transverse part can be more distinct in some females of Venatrix roo. In these specimens it is diamond-shaped (similar to V. penola).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2001): Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae:Lycosidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15: 927 - 970