Biology:Dolomedes venmani

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Short description: Species of spider

Dolomedes venmani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Dolomedes
Species:
D. venmani
Binomial name
Dolomedes venmani
Raven & Hebron, 2018[1]

Dolomedes venmani is a species of araneomorph spider in the family Pisauridae.[2][3]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Australia . It is found in the south-east of Queensland and the north-east of New South Wales.[4]

Description

The male holotype measures 12.5 millimetres (0.49 in) and the female paratype 18.00 millimetres (0.709 in).[4]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Jack Venman[4] (a farmer who sold his 255 acre farm to the Queensland Government in 1971 for A$1 in an effort to protect the biodiversity in the area).

References

  1. "Taxon details Dolomedes venmani Raven & Hebron, 2018", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/56581, retrieved 2020-12-17 
  2. "Dolomedes venmani Raven & Hebron, 2018". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/9937216. 
  3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Dolomedes venmani". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1121864#null. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Raven & Hebron, 2018 : A review of the water spider family Pisauridae in Australia and New Caledonia with descriptions of four new genera and 23 new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature, vol. 60, p. 233-381 ([1])

Wikidata ☰ Q58622371 entry