Spoon Artoria Artoria coclearia Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026

The male pedipalps of A. coclearia have a spoon-shaped tegular apophysis referring it to the lineata-group. Only A. werrikimbe shares with A. coclearia a short and heavily sclerotized embolus with an acute tip, while males from other species with spoon-shaped tegular apophysis often have longer, less sclerotized emboli ending in a rounded tip. However, the tegular apophysis in A. coclearia is narrower, with its distal portion twice as wide as its base, while in A. werrikimbe it is wider, with its distal portion almost four times wider than its base. Females of A. coclearia are most similar to those of A. hamifera due to their epigyne bearing a subrectangular elevated median septum with a slightly wider posterior portion. However, females of A. coclearia have an epigyne with much narrower median septum with deep concavities laterally, and lateral lobes with mesal margins distinctly concave, while in A. hamifera the median septum is wider, without deep concavities laterally and subrectangular lateral lobes with mesal margins slightly concave.

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