Biology:Venator spenceri
| Venator spenceri | |
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| Juvenile Venator spenceri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Venator |
| Species: | V. spenceri
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| Binomial name | |
| Venator spenceri Hogg, 1900
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Venator spenceri is a wolf spider (i.e., in the Lycosidae family), endemic to Australia and found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[1][2]
It was described in 1900 by Henry Roughton Hogg.[1][3] Spiders of the genus Venator, including V. spenceri, are medium-sized wolf spiders with body lengths ranging from 9 to 22 millimeters. They typically exhibit a brownish coloration and possess a distinctive black patch covering the anterior three-quarters of the ventral surface.[4] Venator spenceri can be distinguished from other wolf spiders by genitalic features. Females have an elevated atrium on the epigyne that forms a raised edge bordering an inverted T-shaped median septum. In males, the tegular apophysis of the pedipalp often features a retrolateral incision that corresponds to the edge on the female epigyne.[4]
This species is part of the Bassian fauna and is distributed in southeastern Australia, with confirmed presence in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[1][2] V. spenceri is typically found in dry sclerophyll forests, reflecting its adaptation to temperate woodland environments.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Australian Faunal Directory:Venator spenceri Hogg, 1900" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Venator_spenceri.
- ↑ Bern, Natural History Museum. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Venator spenceri" (in en). https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/21087.
- ↑ , pp. 68-123 [116], https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8778948, Wikidata Q109293226
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Framenau, Volker W. (2015-09-11). "Review of the Australian wolf spider genus Venator (Araneae, Lycosidae)" (in en). Zootaxa 4013 (4): 541–555. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4013.4.5.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2664102 entry
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