Lovely Fishing Spider Perenethis venusta L. Koch, 1878
Fauna Portal species: 7839
Perenethis venusta male, dorsal (HBI N19053-1; Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4029Diagnosis
Perenethis venusta is the only species of Perenethis in Australia.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
3 syntypes ; type locality: AUSTRALIA, Queensland. Female lectotype designated by Sierwald (1997); ZMUH. Female paralectotype : Rockhampton; ZMHB 3501 (opisthosoma missing). Female paralectotype: Peak Down; BMNH (Sierwald 1997).
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2018): A review of the Water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 60: 233 - 381WEB
(1997): Phylogenetic analysis of pisaurine nursery web spiders, with revisions of Tetragnonphthalma and Perenethis (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Pisauridae). Journal of Arachnology. 25: 361 - 407