@article {12, title = {Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae:Lycosidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate Taxonomy}, volume = {15}, year = {2001}, type = {Journal Article}, chapter = {927-970}, abstract = {

The Australasian lycosid genus Venatrix Roewer, 1960, with Venator fuscus Hogg, 1900 as type, is\ reinstated and redefined to include 22 species as follows: Venatrix funesta (C. L. Koch, 1847), comb. nov. (= Venator\ fuscus Hogg, 1900; syn. nov.); V. penola, sp. nov.; V. australiensis, sp. nov.; V. roo, sp. nov.; V. mckayi, sp. nov.;\ V. koori, sp. nov.; V. archookoora, sp. nov.; V. pictiventris (L. Koch, 1877), comb. nov.; V. hickmani, sp. nov.;\ V. allopictiventris, sp. nov.; V. speciosa (L. Koch, 1877), comb. nov. (= Lycosa mayama McKay, 1976; syn. nov.);\ V. esposica, sp. nov.; V. pseudospeciosa, sp. nov.; V. brisbanae (L. Koch, 1878), comb. nov.; V. forsteri, sp. nov.;\ V. lapidosa (McKay, 1974), comb. nov.; V. fontis, sp. nov.; V. furcillata (L. Koch, 1867), comb. nov.; V. arenaris\ (Hogg, 1905), comb. nov.; V. pullastra (Simon, 1909), comb. nov.; V. goyderi (Hickman, 1944), comb. nov. (= Lycosa\ howensis McKay, 1979; syn. nov.); and V. hoggi, sp. nov. Hogna albosparsa (L. Koch, 1876) is considered nomen\ dubium. Venatrix comprises species mainly found in temperate forests and open areas near watercourses, lakes and\ springs. Notes on the distribution together with maps, zoogeography and subfamilial placement of Venatrix are\ given. A solution is proposed to resolve confusion over the dates of some of Roewer\’s publications.

}, author = {Volker Framenau}, editor = {Cor Vink} }