Dubious Wolf Spider Artoriopsis dubia Prado & Framenau, 2024
Fauna Portal species: 10967
Artoriopsisdubia, male, dorsal (WAM T68228; Lily McCarthy Rock, Western Australia)
Image: A. W. do Prado (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 7678Diagnosis
(after Prado & Framenau 2024): The male pedipalp morphology of Artoriopsis dubia resembles that of A. orientalis with its tegular apophysis broadening apically and bearing a short projecting lobe. However, in A. dubia this lobe is rounded and projected retrolaterally while in A. orientalis the entire lobe is projected prolaterally forming an acute tip apically that points basally. The epigyne of female A. dubia is similar to that of A. orientalis both having a tongue-like median septum. However, in A. dubia the anterior margin of the atrium describes a continuous and broad curve, in contrast to A. orientalis where it forms two almost straight diagonal lines. Also, the median septum of the epigynum of A. dubia has the anterior margin twice as wide than the posterior margin, while in A. orientalis it is approximately as wide as the posterior margin.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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