Bent-embolus Artoria Artoria geniculata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026

(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Males and females of Artoria geniculata are similar to those of A. helensmithae, A. beaury, A. mungo Framenau & Baehr, 2018, A. hamifera and A. semicircularis. The male pedipalps of these species share a similar tegular apophysis, bearing a broad apex with prolateral apical corner rounded and curved retrolateral portion and projected ventrally ending in an acute or rounded tip. Among those species, males of A. geniculata are most similar to those of A. semicircularis, but they differ by the inconspicuous dark annulations on the legs and a pedipalp with narrower basoembolic apophysis and an embolus with a sharp curve (~90°) at its distal third, while in A. semicircularis the embolus curves in its middle in a less sharp curve. The female epigyne of A. geniculata resembles that of A. victoriensis with inner margins of the lateral lobes fused with the lateral margins of the median septum, and median septum less than a half as long as the epigynal area. However, in A. geniculata the median septum margins are less sclerotized, the lateral lobes are much broader, and the atrium is narrower, trapezoidal, with straight well-marked lateral and anterior margins, while in A. victoriensis the margins of the median septum are heavily sclerotized, the lateral lobes are narrower, and the atrium is rounded and broad.

• Queensland