Superellipse Artoria Artoria superelliptica Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 13237
Artoria superelliptica female, dorsal habitus (QVMAG 2025:13:0486; Keep River National Park, Northern Territory)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 42A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14815Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Females of A. superelliptica resemble those of A. pileata due to their epigyne with a very small atrium restricted to its posterior third. However, in A. superelliptica the anterior margin of the atrium of the epigyne is poorly sclerotized and not much projected posteriorly, the lateral lobes are very thin and inconspicuous and the spermathecal heads are conspicuously reniform, whereas in A. pileata the anterior margin of the atrium is heavily sclerotized and strongly projecting posteriorly, the lateral lobes are robust and rounded and the spermathecal heads globular.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
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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