Venatrix mckayi (Wolf Spider)


description from Framenau and Vink Invert. Taxon. 15, 927 (2001)

moderately small wolf spiders male and female
total body length 12mm
found in leaf litter of eucalypt forest
dorsal side of carapace straight in lateral view; dark grey/brown carapace with light brown median band, narrowing posteriorly; caput flanks black; indistinct dark radial pattern from fovea to carapace margins; marginal band of carapace with white border
dark abdomen with brown median band; two pairs of sickle-shaped markings in posterior half; venter black with two white lateral bands, converging posteriorly.


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female spider
male spider
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