Tongue-septum Artoria Artoria lingulata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12487
Artoria lingulata male, dorsal habitus (QM S70235; Bellenden Ker Landing, Russell Range, Queensland)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 22A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14735Diagnosis
A. lingulata is part of the lingulata-group. Males and females of A. lingulata resemble most those of A. gloriosa. The male pedipalp of these species share a tegular apophysis with a median rim projecting ventrally, and the female genitalia share an epigyne with a subtriangular tonguelike median septum and tubular spermathecae. However, the male pedipalp of A. lingulata has the tegular apophysis with the median rim closer to its distal margin, in the middle of its distal half, and has a filiform embolus, while in A. gloriosa the median rim is placed at about half of the length of the tegular apophysis and has a flat and wider embolus. The epigyne in female A. lingulata differs from those of A. gloriosa by a larger median septum, ⅗ as wide as the epigyne and by having a straight and poorly demarcated anterior margin of the atrium, while in A. gloriosa the median septum is narrower than half of the epigyne, and the anterior margin of the atrium is sinuous and well demarcated.
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