''Venatrix'' is a genus of

wolf spiders Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon pre ...

first described by

Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer (12 October 1881, in Neustrelitz – 17 June 1963) was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third (2,260) of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and num ...

in 1960.

Species

, it contains 27 species, all from Australia, with outliers in the Philippines and New Caledonia: *'' Venatrix allopictiventris'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix amnicola'' Framenau, 2006 *'' Venatrix archookoora'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix arenaris'' (Hogg, 1906) *'' Venatrix australiensis'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix brisbanae'' (L. Koch, 1878) *'' Venatrix esposica'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix fontis'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix funesta'' (C. L. Koch, 1847) *'' Venatrix furcillata'' (L. Koch, 1867) *'' Venatrix hickmani'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix konei'' (Berland, 1924) *'' Venatrix koori'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix kosciuskoensis'' (McKay, 1974) *'' Venatrix lapidosa'' (McKay, 1974) *'' Venatrix magkasalubonga'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) *'' Venatrix mckayi'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix ornatula'' (L. Koch, 1877) *'' Venatrix palau'' Framenau, 2006 *'' Venatrix penola'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix pictiventris'' (L. Koch, 1877) *'' Venatrix pseudospeciosa'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix pullastra'' (Simon, 1909) *'' Venatrix roo'' Framenau & Vink, 2001 *'' Venatrix speciosa'' (L. Koch, 1877) *'' Venatrix summa'' (McKay, 1974) *'' Venatrix tinfos'' Framenau, 2006

References

Lycosidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer {{Lycosidae-stub