Werrikimbe Artoria Artoria werrikimbe Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026
Fauna Portal species: 12465
Artoria werrikimbe female, dorsal habitus (AM KS.121159; New South Wales)
Image: Prado, Baptista & Framenau (2026; fig. 49A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14837Diagnosis
(after Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2026): Male pedipalps of Artoria werrikimbe have a spoon-shaped tegular apophysis, a common feature among Artoria, including those of the lineata-group. Among the males of those species, only those of A. coclearia share with A. werrikimbe a short and very sclerotized embolus with an acute tip. However, the tegular apophysis in A. werrikimbe is wider, with its distal portion almost four times wider than its base, while in A. coclearia it is narrower, with its distal portion twice as wide as its base. Females of A. werrikimbe are most similar to those of A. catinata due to their epigyne bearing a subrectangular elevated and broad median septum, and lateral lobes robust and very projected mesally with their broad posterior tips overlapping part of the median septum. However, female genitalia of A. werrikimbe differ from those of A. catinata by their lateral lobes with very well delimited posterior tips (not partially fused at its anterior portion as in A. catinata) and the spermathecal heads with spermathecal stalks attached mesally (not ectally as in A. catinata).
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- 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