Wolf spider Artoria inversa Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024
Fauna Portal species: 12474
Artoria inversa male holotype, dorsal (WAM T67774; Fields Road, E of, SE of Lake King, Western Australia)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8172Diagnosis
(after Prado et al. 2024): Artoria inversa is easily distinguished from other currently known Artoria species by their male pedipalp bearing a long tegular apophysis directed prolaterally crossing over the basoembolic apophysis. The female of this species is unknown.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2024): Taxonomy of the wolf spider genus Artoria in Western Australia, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Zootaxa. 5547: 1 - 81DOI