Clumsy Artoria Artoria impedita (Simon, 1909)
Fauna Portal species: 7673
Artoria impedita female, dorsal (WAM T65112; McDermid Rock, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2005)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3778Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2005): The male pedipalp with a gaping bifurcate median apophysis is most similar to that of A. avona , however, it is overall wider. The female epigyne with its distinct median septum resembles that of A. avona but also A. flavimanus. However, the epigyne opening of A. avona is narrow with parallel lateral borders but triangular and widening posteriorly in A. impedita. The median septum in A. flavimanus is usually pentagonal (sometimes triangular), whereas it is rectangular in A. impedita.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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