Crowbar Artoria Artoria vectis Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12499
Artoria vectis male, dorsal habitus (NTMAG A006460; Fogg Dam, Northern Territory)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 45A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14823Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Males and females of A. vectis resemble those of A. pileata. In male A. vectis the prolateral margin of the tegular apophysis is smooth and mostly straight, in A. pileata it is sinuous and has a digitiform projection in the middle. Males of A. vectis also present a sinuous terminal apophysis, while in A. pileata it is mostly rounded. Females of both species share an epigyne with the anterior margin of the atrium projected posteriorly and with wide lateral lobes strongly projected mesally. However in A. vectis the projected anterior margin is more robust and projected ventrally, looking like a scape, while in A. pileata it looks like a plate. Females of A. vectis have tubular spermathecae, while in A. pileata they are 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