Hooked-apophysis Artoria Artoria hamifera Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026

Males and females of Artoria hamifera are similar to those of A. helensmithae Framenau & Baehr, 2018, A. beaury Framenau & Baehr, 2018, A. mungo Framenau & Baehr, 2018, A. geniculata and A. semicircularis. The tegular apophysis of males of these species are similar, bearing a broad apex with rounded prolateral apical corner and its retrolateral portion curved and projected ventrally ending in an acute or rounded tip. However, males of A. hamifera are distinguished from these species by a very small and poorly sclerotized terminal apophysis. In addition, they can be distinguished from those of A. beaury, A. semicircularis and A. helensmithae by a much shorter and broader embolus. In relation to A. mungo, they have a broader basoembolic apophysis and by the prolateral margin of the apex of the tegular apophysis slightly curved ventrally and not strongly projected ventrally and curved retrolaterally as in A. mungo. Females of A. hamifera, A. helensmithae, A. beaury, A. mungo share an epigyne with rounded and broad median septum and broad lateral lobes; however, A. hamifera differs from A. mungo by having a longer than wide median septum and inconspicuous anterior margin of the atrium, while A. mungo has wider than long median septum and a well-marked anterior margin of the atrium. Compared to A. helensmithae and A. beaury that have an epigyne with posterior tips projecting mesally from the semicircular lateral lobes, A. hamifera have subrectangular lateral lobes without projecting posterior tips.

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