McKay's Artoria Artoria mckayi Framenau, 2002
Fauna Portal species: 6109
Artoria mckayi male, dorsal (AM KS45830; Mt Buffalo National Park, Eurobin Creek, near park entrance, Victoria)
Image: B.C. Baehr (2018)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3865Diagnosis
(after Framenau 2002, Framenau & Baehr 2018): Artoria mckayi is morphologically similar to A. albopedipalpis and easily confused as they share the same habitat, the water’s edge of riparian gravel banks. The median lob of the tegualar apophysis of the male pedipalp is considerably slimmer in A. mckayi and its tip is oriented prolaterally (ventrally in A. albopedipalpis). In A. albopedipalpis, the tegular apophysis has two apical protrusions, but only one in A. mckayi. Females are easily distinguished by their external genitalia. The ventrally-pointing tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp is somewhat similar to that of A. berenice, but is much slimmer. The female epigyne may resembles that of A. berenice but is overall much rounder and less constricted posteriorly.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
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Publications
(2002): Review of the wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell (Araneae: Lycosidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 16: 209 - 235
(2018): The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Evolutionary Systematics. 2: 169 - 241