Orca-fin Artoria Artoria orcina Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12490
Artoria orcina male, dorsal habitus (QM S121487; Upper High Falls Creek, Queensland)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 28A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14757Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Males of A. orcina resemble those of A. bicornuta due to their pedipalps with tegular aphophysis with ventral portion narrow as a keel, however, they differ as the tegular apophysis of A. orcina has the ventral portion as a sinuous keel and rounded margins throughout, while in A. bicornuta the tegular apophysis has its ventral portion as a concave keel and three pointy projections, one ventrally and two apically. Females of A. orcina resemble those of A. albopilata by sharing an epigyne with small triangular median septum, lateral lobes very projected mesally, and tubular spermathecae almost indistinguishable from the spermathecal stalks. However, in A. orcina the projecting portion of the lateral lobes are subtriangular, and the anterior margin of the atrium is slightly concave, while in A. albopilata the projecting portions of the lateral lobes are subquadrate, and the anterior margin of the atrium is very concave and semicircular.
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