Western Spring Huntress Venatrix tinfos Framenau, 2006
Fauna Portal species: 7789
Venatrix tinfos male, pedipalp ventral (WAM T61661; Lake Bryde West Nature Reserve, Western Australia)
Image: Framenau (2006; fig. 14A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3588Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2006): Venatrix tinfos is very similar to V. fontis from eastern Australia with a similar unusual leg formula of IV>I>III>II, i.e. the third leg is longer than the second leg (all other Venatrix have IV>I>II>III). The male pedipalps of both species are extremely similar. However, the inner edge of the ventral process of the tegular apophysis forms a right angle with the tegular apophysis in V. tinfos when viewed from the tip of the cymbium. This angle is distinctly smaller than 90 degrees in V. fontis, i.e. the ventral process appears much more acute. Females can be distinguished by the anchor-shape of the median septum in comparison to the inverted T-shaped median septum of V. fontis.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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