Lined Artoria Artoria lineata (L. Koch, 1877)

(after Framenau 2002, Framenau & Bahr 2018): Artoria lineata forms part of the lineata-group, that includes those species in which the male pedipalp has a spoon-shaped tegular apophysis and the median septum of the female epigyne is often inverted T-shaped. Identification of the species in this group is notoriously difficult and, in males, is best achieved by dissecting the pedipalp for an examination of the palea. Males of both A. lineata and A. ulrichi have an oval tegular apophysis, which is more rectangular or apically truncated in A. quadrata. Males of A. lineata and A. ulrichi can be distinguished by the position of the embolus and terminal apophysis. The tip of both is visible apically of the tegulum in A. lineata but totally concealed by the tegulum in A. ulrichi. In the dissected palea, the basal edge of the embolus is straight in A. lineata, but distinctly curved in both A. ulrichi  and A. quadrata.

The female epigyne in both A. lineata and A. ulrichi has an inverted, T-shaped median septum, however, the posterior border is light or transparent along its whole length in A. lineata, whereas the lateral tips of the medium septum are dark all around in A. ulrichi.

• native

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria