Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877)

Female and immature male of Venatrix picitiventris [as illustrated in Koch (1877a)]. Cephalothorax length female 6 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa pictiventris L. Koch, 1877a: 899-901, plate 77, Figs 4, 4A-B, 5.
Lycosa pictiventris L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 271.
Geolycosa pictiventris (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 243.
Geolycosa pictiventris (L. Koch).- Rack, 1961: 38.
Geolycosa pictiventris (L. Koch).- McKay, 1973: 380.
Lycosa pictiventris L. Koch.- McKay, 1985b: 81.
Lycosa pictiventris L. Koch.- Moritz, 1992: 322.
Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch).- Framenau and Vink, 2001: 942-944, Figs16A-F, 17

Types

Synypes:

1 female, Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales] (British Museum of Natural History, London, BMNH 1919.9.18.734).
1 female, Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales] Museum Godeffroy 14573 (Zoologisches Staatsinstitut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Rack (1961)-catalogue 474).
1 male, 1 female, Sydney [33°53’S, 151°13’E, New South Wales], Bradleys Collection (Macleay Museum, University of Sydney).
1 female, Queensland [no exact location], Museum Godeffroy (Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt Universität, Berlin, ZMB 3472) (Moritz,1992).
1 syntype (sex unknown), Brisbane [27°28’S, 153°01’E, Queensland] (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Troyes/France). Not examined; according to the locality of this specimen, Brisbane, this is presumably Venatrix hickmani (Framenau and Vink, 2001).

Identification

Male (AM KS58393) and female (AM KS58382) of Venatrix pictiventris (L. Koch) [as illustrated in Framenau and Vink (2001)]. A, male, habitus; B, female, ventral view of abdomen; C, D, left male pedipalp, ventral and retrolateral view; E, F, female epigyne and vulva. Scale bar: A, B 3.89 mm; C, D 1.01 mm; E, F 1.75 mm.

Distribution

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

Biological Reference

Open woodland; most specimens were collected in open areas close to woodland or shrubs and in the proximity of running water; some specimens from suburban Melbourne (Framenau and Vink, 2001).

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