Big-nose Artoria Artoria nasuta Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12489
Artoria nasuta male, dorsal habitus (QM S121491; Fairlies Knob, Queensland)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 27A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14752Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Males of Artoria nasuta resemble those of A. strepera Framenau & Baehr, 2018 by the pedipalp bearing a tegular apophysis of similar general shape with distal portion concave, slightly wider than basal portion and convex distal margin. However, the male pedipalp of Artoria nasuta differs by having tegular apophysis with lateral margins sinuous, basal half concave, apex with retrolateral portion more projected ventrally than the prolateral one, and embolus poorly sclerotized, shaped as a ribbon, longer and thin, surpassing the apex of the terminal apophysis, while in A. strepera the tegular apophysis has slightly concave lateral margins, basal half thick and straight, apex with prolateral portion more projected ventrally than retrolateral one, and semicircular embolus, heavily sclerotized, shorter and thicker, not surpassing the apex of the terminal apophysis.
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