Volker W. Framenau (born 1965, Cologne)[citation needed] is a German-born Australian arachnologist and entomologist.
He earned his M.Sc. in 1995 from Philipps-University Marburg (Populationsökologie und Ausbreitungsdynamik von Arctosa cinerea (Araneae, Lycosidae) in einer alpinen Wildflußlandschaft), and a Ph.D from Melbourne University in 2002 with the thesis Taxonomy, life history characteristics, and ecology of riparian wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) in the Victorian Alps, south-east Australia.[1]
His zoological author abbreviation is Framenau.[2] He has authored over 70 taxa, initially specialising in wolf spiders,[3][4] but later in many other spider families including: tube web spiders (Segestriidae),[5] leaf curling orb-weaving spiders,[6] and orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae).[7]
^Volker W. Framenau; Eileen A. Hebets (April 2007). "A Review of Leg Ornamentation in Male Wolf Spiders, With the Description of a New Species From Australia, Artoria Schizocoides (Araneae, Lycosidae) (English)". Journal of Arachnology. 35 (1): 89–101. doi:10.1636/ST06-15.1. ISSN0161-8202. WikidataQ56166790.