Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch, 1847)

Male of Venatrix funesta [as illustrated in Koch (1847)]

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa funesta C. L. Koch, 1847: vol. 14, 148-149, plate 493, Fig. 1376.
Tarentula funesta (C. L. Koch).- Simon, 1864: 350.
Venator fuscus Hogg, 1900: 118-120, pl. 17, Figs 3A-C. New synonymy in Framenau & Vink (2001).
Venator fuscus Hogg.- Rainbow, 1911: 274.
Alopecosa funesta (C. L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 223.
Venatrix fusca (Hogg).- Roewer, 1955c: 307.
Venatrix fusca (Hogg).- Roewer, 1960d: 754.
Alopecosa funesta (C. L. Koch, 1937).- McKay, 1973: 380 (date misquoted?).
Venatrix fuscus (Hogg).- McKay, 1973: 381.
Lycosa funesta C. L. Koch, 1848.- McKay, 1985b: 77 (date misquoted?).
Venator fuscus Hogg.- McKay, 1985b: 87.
Lycosa funesta C. L. Koch.- Moritz, 1992: 313.
Lycosa funesta C. L. Koch.- Churchill, 1993: 477 (Table 1).
Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch, 1847).- Framenau & Vink, 2001: 931-933, Figs 1-3.

Types

Holotype:

Male, Tasmania ("Neuholland, Vandiemensland") [no exact location] (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, ZMB 1964).
Syntypes of Venator fuscus Hogg: 1 female, 1 male, 1 juvenile, Macedon [37°25'S, 144°34'E, Victoria], H. R. Hogg (British Museum of Natural History, London: 1907.4.7.1.39-41).

Identification

Venatrix funesta [as illustrated in Hogg (1900)].

Male of Venatrix funesta (South Australian Museum NN9614) [as illustrated by Framenau and Vink (2001)] A, habitus; B, carapace, lateral view; C, chelicera; D, E , left male pedipalp, ventral and retrolateral view. Scale bar: A, 5.07 mm; B 5.50 mm; C 1.44 mm; D 5.50 mm; D, E 1.3 mm. E embolus (only base visible, tip hidden by median apophysis), MA median apophysis, P palea, ST subtegulum, TA terminal apophysis, TEG tegulum.

Female of Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch) (BMNH 1907.4.7.1.39) [as illustrated by Framenau and Vink (2001)]. A, habitus; B, ventral view of abdomen; C, epigyne; D, vulva. Scale bar: A, D 6.87 mm; B, C 1.61 mm. CD copulatory ducts, H hoods (anterior pockets), MS median septum, MTP median transverse part, PTP posterior transverse part, SP spermatheca.

Distribution

South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania and King Island [map as illustrated in Framenau and Vink (2001)].

Biological Reference

Forest habitats in mountainous regions of up to 1800 m (Framenau and Vink, 2001).

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