Lake Lefroy Wolf Spider Artoria retorta Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024
Fauna Portal species: 6149
Artoria retorta male holotype, dorsal (WAM T162509; Chillmoney Road, SW of Binnu, Western Australia)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8200Diagnosis
(after Prado et al. 2024): Artoria retorta is similar to A.falcata in male and female genital morphology. Males of both species share a pedipalp with a sinuous tegular apophysis curved retrolaterally and with its acute apex projecting ventrally, but that of A. retorta has a spiniform prong at its retrolateral margin (absent in A. falcata) and an apex tapering abruptly in retrolateral view (vs tapering gradually in A. falcata). The terminal apophysis has a broad gutter (vs as a thin stalk in A. falcata). Females of both species have epigynes with long lateral lobes and guide pockets anteriorly and a subrectangular median septum with an elevated triangular area bearing a longitudinal notch, but A. retorta differs by having deeper and more sclerotized guide pockets and the triangular elevated notched area of median septum stretches the entire atrium (vs restricted to the posterior half of the atrium in A. falcata).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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