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Lycosidae Venonia

Venonia coruscans Thorell, 1894

White-dot Wolf Spider

This small, fast-running wolf spider can be recognised by a dorsal white spot on the posterior end of the abdomen. The darkish body is covered with iridescent hairs, giving it a metallic bluish sheen, especially on the carapace. The legs are usually marked with distinct white rings. The posterior lateral spinnerets are proportionally longer than those of the more common wolf spiders such as Pardosa.

Length♀ 3–4 mm; ♂ 3–4 mm
DistributionSingapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Indonesia (Java, East Kalimantan, Riau).
HabitatLeaf litter in primary and secondary forests.
BiologyVenonia belongs to a subfamily of wolf spiders that build sheet-webs on the forest floor.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic references*

  1. Venonia coruscans (Original description ♂)

    Thorell, 1895a Decas aranearum in ins: 333

  2. Venonia coruscans (♂, D♀)

    Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 96, pl. 96 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972

  3. Venonia coruscans (♂♀)

    Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region I: 8, f. 1, 7, 13, 18, 24, 38

  4. Venonia coruscans (♂♀)

    Yoo & Framenau, 2006 Systematics and biogeography of the sheet-web building wolf spider genus Venonia (Araneae: Lycosidae): 688, f. 9A-D doi:10.1071/IS06013

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Venonia coruscans Thorell, 1894

Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah), Indonesia (Java, East Kalimantan, Riau).

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