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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205 taxon names authored by Volker Wilhelm Framenau

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

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 Systematics 16(2): 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.
Framenau, V.W., Scharff, N. & Levi, H.W. 2009. Not from “Down Under”: new synonymies and combinations for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) erroneously reported from Australia. Zootaxa 2073: 22–30. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.2 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

Castalanelli, M.A., Framenau, V.W., Huey, J.A., Hillyer, M.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2020. New species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from arid Western Australia. Journal of Arachnology 48(2): 169-213. DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202-48.2.169. . Reference page.
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.
Greenberg, M.R., Huey, J.A., Framenau, V.W. & Harms, D. 2021. Three new species of mouse spider (Araneae: Actinopodidae: Missulena Walckenaer, 1805) from Western Australia, including an assessment of intra specific variability in a widespread species from the arid biome. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 509–533. DOI: 10.3897/asp.79.e62332. . 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

Castanheira & Framenau. 2022. Quokkaraneus, a new monotypic genus of Australian orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneidae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 10: 1-9. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.a7oq2. . Reference page.
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.
Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Vink, C.J. 2022. Taxonomy and systematics of the new Australo-Pacific orb-weaving spider genus Socca (Araneae: Araneidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(4): 263-334. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2021.2014899. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W. & Kuntner, M. 2022. The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 6: 103–133. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573. . Reference page.
Framenau, V.W., Vink, C.J., McQuillan, B.N. & Simpson, A.H. 2022. A new genus for a large, endemic orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(2): 129-142. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2021.1951309. . Reference page.
Marsh, J.R., Stevens, M.I., Bradford, T., Framenau, V.W. 2022. The Tube-Web Spiders of the Genus Ariadna (Araneae: Segestriidae) from South Australia and Victoria. Taxonomy 2(4): 370–461. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy2040028 . Reference page.
Marsh, J.R., Stevens, M.I. & Framenau, V.M. 2022. A taxonomic revision of the tube-web spiders of the genus Ariadna (Araneae: Segestriidae) in Tasmania. Zootaxa 5105(2): 151–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.1. 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. 2023. A new species in the ground spider genus Austrammo from Barrow Island, Western Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 27: 1-6. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.zacs1. . 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.
Marsh, J.R., Stevens, M.I. & Framenau, V.M. 2023. Five new species of mouse spiders in the genus Missulena (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from national parks and conservation reserves in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 36: 1-2. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.40aok. . Reference page.

2024

do Prado, A.W., Baptista, R.L.C. & Framenau, V.W. 2024. Taxonomy of the wolf spider genus Artoria in Western Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Zootaxa 5547(1): 001–081. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5547.1.1. . Reference page.
Prado do, A.W. & Framenau, V.W. 2024. A new species in the wolf spider genus Artoriopsis from Western Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Australian Journal of Taxonomy 49: 1-6. Full article (PDF). DOI: 10.54102/ajt.gwatw. . Reference page.

2025

de Souza Castanheira, P., Dimitrov, D.S., Cerqueira Baptista, R.L., Scharff, N. & Framenau, V.W. 2025. Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics 39(7, IS25009): 1-45. DOI: 10.1071/IS25009. . Reference page.

2026

do Prado, A.W., Baptista, R.L.C. & Framenau, V.W. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the wolf spider genus Artoria (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae) from Northern Territory and Queensland, with additions to the fauna of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Megataxa 19(2): 379–456. 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