Volker Wilhelm Framenau

Volker Wilhelm Framenau (born 1965), German-born arachnologist based in Australia.

• Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
• School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
• Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia
• Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak), Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
• E-mail: volker.framenau@murdoch.edu.au

Taxon names authored

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• 130 taxon names authored by Volker Wilhelm Framenau

Publications

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2001

• Framenau, V.W. & Vink, C.J. 2001. Revision of the wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 15(6): 927–970. DOI: 10.1071/IT01008 Reference page. 

2002

• Framenau, V.W. 2002. Review of the wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 16: 209–235. DOI: 10.1071/IT01028 Reference page. 

2004

• Framenau, V.W. 2004. Two alpine wolf spiders of Australia: Artoria alta sp. nov. and the male of Lycosa musgravei McKay, 1974 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 115: 27–34. Reference page. 

2006

• Framenau, V.W. 2006. The wolf spider genus Venatrix Roewer: new species, synonymies and generic transfers (Araneae, Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(2): 145–166. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. 2006a. Revision of the Australian wolf spider genus Anomalosa Roewer, 1960 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 1304: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. 2006b. Knoelle, a new monotypic wolf spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 1281: 55–67. Abstract & excerpt . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W., Gotch, T.B. & Austin, A.D. 2006. The wolf spiders of artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae) Journal of Arachnology 34(1): 1–36. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. & Yoo, J.S. 2006. Systematics of the new Australian wolf spider genus Tuberculosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 20: 185-202. DOI: 10.1071/IS05036 Reference page. 
• Yoo, J.S. & Framenau, V.W. 2006. Systematics and biogeography of the sheet-web building wolf spider genus Venonia (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 20: 675-712. DOI: 10.1071/IS06013. . Reference page. 

2007

• Framenau, V.W. 2007. Revision of the new Australian genus Artoriopsis in a new subfamily of wolf spiders, Artoriinae (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 1391: 1–34. Abstract & excerpt reference page 
• Framenau, V.W. & Hebets, E.A. 2007. A review of leg ornamentation in male wolf spiders, with the description of a new species from Australia, Artoria schizocoides (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 35(1): 89–101. DOI: 10.1636/ST06-15.1 Reference page. 

2008

• Framenau, V.W. 2008. A new wolf spider species of the genus Artoria from Western Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 363-368. Reference page. 
• Framenau, V. W. & Scharff, N. 2008. The orb-weaving spider genus Larinia in Australia (Araneae: Araneidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 66(2): 227–250. PDF Reference page. 

2009

• Framenau, V.W., Berry, J.W. & Beatty, J.A. 2009: Wolf spiders of the Pacific region: the genus Zoica (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of arachnology, 37(2): 225–231. DOI: 10.1636/A08-54.1. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V. W. & Scharff, N. 2009. Cyrtobill darwini, a new species in a new orb-weaving spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, (25): 315–328. Reference page. 
• Main, B.Y. & Framenau, V.W. 2009. A new genus of mygalomorph spider from the Great Victoria Desert and neighbouring arid country in south-eastern Western Australia (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 277-285. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.25(3).2009.277-285. Reference page. 

2010

• Framenau, V.W.; Scharff, N.; Harvey, M.S. 2010: Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae: Araneidae). Invertebrate systematics, 24(2): 139–171. DOI: 10.1071/IS10005Reference page. 

2012

• Harvey, F.S.B., Framenau, V.W., Wojcieszek, J.M., Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2012. Molecular and morphological characterisation of new species in the trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae) from the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa 3383: 15–38. Preview PDF. Reference page. 
• Joseph, M.M. & Framenau, V.W. 2012. Systematic review of a new orb-weaving spider genus (Araneae: Araneidae), with special reference to the Australasian-Pacific and South-East Asian fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 279-341. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00845.x . Reference page. .

2013

• Framenau, V.W. & Leung, A.E. 2013. Costacosa, a new genus of wolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae) from coastal north-west Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 173–184. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.83.2013.173-184 . Reference page. 
• Harms, D. & Framenau, V.W. 2013. New species of mouse spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae: Missulena) from the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Zootaxa 3637(5): 521–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.5.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Miglio, L.T., Harms, D., Framenau, V.W. & Harvey, M.S. 2014. Four new mouse spider species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae, Missulena) from Western Australia. ZooKeys 410: 121–148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.410.7156 . Reference page. 

2015

• Framenau, V.W. 2015. Review of the Australian wolf spider genus Venator (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4013(4): 541–555. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Franenau, V.W. & Lehtinen, P.T. 2015. Nukuhiva Berland, 1935 is a troglobitic wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae), not a nursery-web spider (Pisauridae). Zootaxa 4028(1): 129–135. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2016. Revision of the Australian Union-Jack wolf spiders, genus Tasmanicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Zootaxa 4213(1): 1–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4213.1.1. Reference page. 

2017

• Framenau, V.W. 2017. Portacosa, a new genus for the south-east Australian Grey Wolf Spider (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae). Evolutionary Systematics 1: 77–86. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.1.14847 Reference page. 
• Franenau, V.W. & Harms, D. 2017. A new species of Mouse Spider (Actinopodidae, Missulena) from the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 1: 39–46. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.1.14665 Reference page. 

2018

• Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2018. The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Evolutionary Systematics 2: 169-241. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.30778. Reference page. 
• Marsh, J.R., Baehr, B.C., Glatz, R.V. & Framenau, V.W. 2018. New species of tube web spiders of the genus Ariadna from South Australia (Araneae, Segestriidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2: 137–149. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.2.29172 Reference page. 

2019

• Castanheira, P. de S., Didham, R.K., Vink, C.J. & Framemau, V.N. 2019. The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 147–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6 Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. 2019. Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions. Evolutionary Systematics, 3: 1–27. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 Reference page. 

2020

• Scharff, N., Coddington, J.A., Blackledge, T.A., Agnarsson, I., Framenaue, V.W., Szűts, T., Cheryl Y. Hayashi & Dimitrov, D.S. 2020. Phylogeny of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). Cladistics 36: 1–21. Reference page. 

2021

• Framenau, V.W., Baptista, R.L.C., Oliveira, F.S.M. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2021a. Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 5: 275–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W., Vink, C.J. Scharff, N., Baptista, R.L.C. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2021. Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 393–405. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.67788 Reference page. 
• Marsh, J.R., Hudson, P. & Framenau, V.W. 2021. A ghost in the salt: A new species of halotolerant tube-web spider in the genus Ariadna (Araneae: Segestriidae). Zootaxa 4952(3): 580–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.10. . Reference page. 
• Wang, L.Y., Framenau, V.W. & Zhang, Z.S. 2021. A further study on the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 4964(3): 571–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.8. . Reference page. 

2022

• Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. Two new species in the orb-weaving spider genus Larinia Simon, 1874 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Western Australia. Zootaxa 5092(3): 350–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.6. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys 1102: 107-148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2022. A new genus of Australian orb-weaving spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 98(1): 137-149. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.82649. . Reference page. 

2023

• de Souza Castanheira, P. & Framenau, V.W. 2023. Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 7(1): 73-81. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015. . Reference page. 
• de Souza Castanheira, P. & Framenau, V.W. 2023a. Kangaraneus, a new genus of orb-weaving spider from Australia (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(2): 307-323. DOI: 10.3897/zse.99.101417. . Reference page. 
• Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Yoo, J.S. 2023. The artoriine wolf spiders of Australia: the new genus Kochosa and a key to genera (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5239(3): 301–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.1. . Reference page. 

Links

• Dr Volker W. Framenau, BEng, MSc, PhD. 2018. Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
• Manderbach, R. 2018. Volker W. Framenau – CV. Australasian Arachnological Society
• Volker W. Framenau – Publications. 2018. PublicationsList.org