Pumpkin Artoria Artoria cucurbita Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12468
Artoria cucurbita female, dorsal habitus (AM KS.75037; Merriwa, New South Wales)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 9A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14683Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Females of A. cucurbita may resemble those of Artoria corowa Framenau & Baehr, 2018 due to the bilobate median septum and semicircular lateral lobes of the epigyne. However, in A. cucurbita the posterior margin of the median septum is rounded and does not have a distinct median notch as in A. corowa, and the posterior portions of the lateral lobes in A. cucurbita are distinctly projected mesally, almost touching each other and partially fused with the median septum, while in A. corowa they are far apart from each other and clearly distinct from the median septum. The spermathecal stalks in A. cucurbita are attached dorsally to the spermathecae, while in A. corowa they are attached ectally
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
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Publications
(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: 379 - 456DOI