Artoria Extraordinaire Artoria extraordinaria Framenau & Baehr, 2018
Fauna Portal species: 7668
Artoria extraordinaria male, dorsal (AM KS68638; Buckenbowra State Forest, New South Wales)
Image: B.C. Baehr (2018)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4012Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Baehr 2018): The male pedipalp of A. extraordinaria is highly unusual within the genus owing to the shape of the basoembolic apophysis, which forms an almost 360-degree circle. The female epigyne is poorly defined with two almost transparent lateral 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