Venator marginatus is a wolf spider (i.e., in the Lycosidae family), endemic to Australia and found in Victoria.[2][3]

Venator marginatus
4. Venator marginatus (female)[1]
4a eyes, 4b genital structure[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Venator
Species:
V. marginatus
Binomial name
Venator marginatus
Hogg, 1900

It was described in 1900 by Henry Roughton Hogg.[2][1] However, in 2015 Volker Framenau declared it "incerta sedis", stating that it was known from two female specimens, the morphology of whose genitalia failed to match those of the genus.[4] (This view is accepted by the Australian Faunal Directory.)[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c H.R. Hogg (1900). "A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 13: 68-123 [120]. ISSN 0035-9211. Wikidata Q109293226.
  2. ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory:Venator marginatus Hogg, 1900". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. ^ Natural History Museum Bern. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog: Venator marginatus". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ Volker W. Framenau (11 September 2015). "Review of the Australian wolf spider genus Venator (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Zootaxa. 4013 (4): 541–555. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4013.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26623915. Wikidata Q29454511.