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Venatrix

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Venatrix
V. brisbanae or V. ornatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Venatrix
Roewer[1]
Species

27, see text

Venatrix is a genus of wolf spiders first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.[2]

Species

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As of 2017, it contains 27 species, all from Australia, with outliers in the Philippines and New Caledonia:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lycosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ^ Roewer, C. F. (1960). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. De Witte. 55: 519–1040.