Pointed-scape Artoria Artoria scapulata Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12494
Artoria scapulata female, dorsal habitus (QM S121496; Lamington National Park, Queensland)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 37A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14797Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Females of A. scapulata resemble those of A. extraordinaria by their epigyne with poorly defined structures mainly formed by a plate with a convex posterior margin. However, the epigyne of A. scapulata differs by having the lateral lobes fused to the main plate, the convex subtriangular posterior portion of the main plate more pronounced and the spermathecae rounded and tubular, while in A. extraordinaria the lateral lobes are broadly rounded and translucent, not fused with the main plate, the convex subtriangular posterior portion of the main plate less pronounced and the spermathecae oval and more distinguishable from the spermathecal stalks.
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