Flapped-epigyne Artoria Artoria laciniata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12485
Artoria laciniata female, dorsal habitus (QM S24466; West Claudie R, Iron Range, Queensland)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 20A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14727Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Females of A. laciniata resemble those of Artoria halterata due to broader anterior halves of the lateral lobes of the epigyne that are close to each other. However, the epigyne of A. laciniata has heavily sclerotized lateral lobes, the median septum forms a broad subtriangle, and the copulatory openings are located at the posterior half of the epigyne, while in A. halterata the lateral lobes are poorly sclerotized, the median septum is elongated inverted T-shaped surpassing the epigastric furrow posteriorly, and the copulatory openings are placed in the anterior half of the epigyne.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
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Publications
(2026): Taxonomic revision of the wolf spider genus Artoria (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae) from Northern Territory and Queensland, with additions to the fauna of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Megataxa. 19: 379 - 456DOI