Alpine Artoria Artoria alta Framenau, 2004
Fauna Portal species: 7657
Artoria alta male, dorsal (AM KS44789; Kosciuszko National Park, near Smiggins Hole, New South Wales)
Image: B.C. Baehr (2018)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3746Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Baehr 2018): The tegular apophysis in male A. alta has a distinctive shape with a terminal part that resembles, in ventral view of the pedipalp, a bicycle seat. The female here associated with A. alta has a distinct waved anterior border of the epigyne and two posterior dark lobes.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2018): The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Evolutionary Systematics. 2: 169 - 241