Pedro’s Moustache Artoria Artema pedroi Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12491
Artoria pedroi male, dorsal habitus (AM KS.131843; Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Australian Capital Territory)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 32A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14775Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): The male pedipalps of A. pedroi have a spoon-shaped tegular apophysis, a common character among Artoria, in particular in the lineata-group. Among those species, males of A. pedroi are most similar to those of A. catinata, with pedipalps having a curved and flat embolus not ending in an acute tip, and with a sclerotized terminal apophysis. However, males of A. pedroi have an embolus with a convex external margin, a rounded apex, and a terminal apophysis with a thinner apex, while in A. catinata the embolus has a sinuous external margin, truncated curved apex, and the apex of the terminal apophysis is broader. Females of A. pedroi are most similar to those of A. ancorata. However, in A. pedroi the median septum of the epigyne is clearly delimited and spaced from the anterior margin of the atrium, while in A. ancorata the median septum merges with the anterior margin of the atrium.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
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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