Snake-tooth Artoria Artoria serpentidens Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026

(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Male pedipalps of Artoria serpentidens have a spoon-shaped tegular apophysis, a common character among Artoria species, including those of the lineata-group. Among those species, males of A. serpentidens are most similar to those of A. pedroi and A. catinata, all having a curved, flat and blunt embolus and a sclerotized terminal apophysis. However, the male pedipalp of A. serpentidens can be distinguished by a broader basoembolic apophysis and an even embolus. In addition, males of A. serpentidens have an embolus with concave external margin and truncated tip while those of A. pedroi have a concave external margin but a rounded tip, and those of A. catinata have a truncated tip but a sinuous external margin. Females of A. serpentidens are most similar to those of A. beaury. However, in A. serpentidens the epigyne has a larger atrium, longer than half the epigyne, lateral lobes gradually tapering, ending posteriorly in very acute tips, and with the internal margins less concave, while in A. beaury the epigyne has a smaller atrium, half as long as the epigyne, lateral lobes mostly of similar width, only tapering in their posterior acute apex, and with internal margins more concave.

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