Bowl-palp Artoria Artoria catinata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026

(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Males of A. catinata have a pedipalp with typical spoon-shaped tegular apophysis, a common character among Artoria species including those of the lineata-group (see Discussion). The most similar species are A. serpentidens and A. pedroi, sharing a pedipalp with curved and flat embolus not ending in an acute tip, and a sclerotized terminal apophysis. However, the male pedipalp of A. catinata can be distinguished from those of both aforementioned species by bearing an embolus with sinuous external margin. Additionally, compared to A. pedroi, males of A. catinata bear an embolus with a truncated apex, and a terminal apophysis with a broader apex, while in A. pedroi the embolus has a rounded apex, and the apex of the terminal apophysis is thinner. Compared to A. serpentidens, the male pedipalp of A. catinata has a much narrower basoembolic apophysis and an embolus with a constriction in the middle, while in A. serpentidens the basoembolic apophysis is broader and rounded, and the embolus is evenly wide, without constrictions. Females of A. catinata are most similar to those of A. werrikimbe due to their epigyne bearing a subrectangular elevated and broad anterior portion of the median septum, and the lateral lobes being robust and distinctly projected mesally with their broad posterior tips overlapping the posterior part of the median septum. However, female genitalia of A. catinata differs by their lateral lobes being partially fused at their anterior portion with the median septum, and spermathecal heads having coiled spermathecal stalks attached ectally, while in A. werrikimbe the female genitalia have lateral lobes with very well delimited posterior tips from the median septum, and uncoiled spermathecal stalks that attach mesally.

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