Wolf Spider Artoria incrassata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024
Fauna Portal species: 11445
Diagnosis
Males of A. incrassata and A. taeniifera have a similar pedipalp with a tegular apophysis bearing a two-lobed apex pointing ventrally. However, the prolateral lobe in A. incrassata is shorter and its ventrally projecting margin is truncated in retrolateral view, while in A. taeniifera it is longer, with a ventral projecting margin forming an acute angle in retrolateral view. Females of A. incrassata are similar to those of A. taeniifera and A. equipalus Framenau & Baehr, 2018due to their epigyne having large and sclerotized lateral lobes projecting mesally. However, in A. incrassata the lateral lobes bear an acute tip at the median apex of its mesal margin (absent in A. equipalus and A. taeniifera) and are often widely separated, while in A. taeniifera they are very close together, dividing the median septum into one semi-circular area anteriorly, and a very small triangular area posteriorly.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2024): Taxonomy of the wolf spider genus Artoria in Western Australia, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Zootaxa. 5547: 1 - 81DOI