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Venatrix

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Also known as huntress spiders

Venatrix is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLycosidae
Observations761
Observations recorded5,118

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
114
With media
10
Family
Lycosidae
Collections
NMV, AM
Recorded in
Australia

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Venatrix is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.

==Species== , it contains 27 species, all from Australia, with outliers in the Philippines and New Caledonia: Venatrix allopictiventris Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix amnicola Framenau, 2006 Venatrix archookoora Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix arenaris (Hogg, 1906) Venatrix australiensis Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix brisbanae (L. Koch, 1878) Venatrix esposica Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix fontis Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch, 1847) Venatrix furcillata (L. Koch, 1867) Venatrix hickmani Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix konei (Berland, 1924) Venatrix koori Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix kosciuskoensis (McKay, 1974) Venatrix lapidosa (McKay, 1974) Venatrix magkasalubonga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) Venatrix mckayi Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix ornatula (L. Koch, 1877) Venatrix palau Framenau, 2006 Venatrix penola Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877) Venatrix pseudospeciosa Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix pullastra (Simon, 1909) Venatrix roo Framenau & Vink, 2001 Venatrix speciosa (L. Koch, 1877) Venatrix summa (McKay, 1974) Venatrix tinfos Framenau, 2006

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