Artoria

Artoria is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1877 by Tamerlan Thorell, and the type species is Artoria parvula. In 1960, Roewer erected the genera Artoriella and Trabeola. However, in 2002, Volker Framenau reviewed Artoria and synonymised both these genera with Artoria.

Distribution

Species of this genus are widespread throughout south-east Asia and found in all states and territories of Australia.

Description

Artoria are small to medium-sized wolf spiders with a total length of approximately 3 to 10 mm, with males slightly smaller than females. The carapace is brown to black with a darker radial pattern, and light median and lateral bands are sometimes present.

The abdomen is brown to dark grey, often with a mottled pattern and mostly with a light lanceolate heart mark. The carapace is longer than wide with a straight dorsal profile in lateral view.The head flanks in frontal view are steep in most males but may have a gentle slope in females.

Chelicerae bear three (rarely one or two) promarginal and three (rarely one or two) retromarginal teeth. The labium is as long as or slightly longer than wide.

Taxonomy

Framenau (2002) regarded the three African species as incertae sedis.

Species

, this genus includes 68 species:

• Artoria aculeata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Artoria albopedipalpis <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (Victoria)
• Artoria albopilata <small>(Urquhart, 1893)</small> – Australia (Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania)
• Artoria alta <small>Framenau, 2004</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria amoena <small>(Roewer, 1960)</small> – DR Congo
• Artoria atrata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria avona <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
• Artoria barringtonensis <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria beaury <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria belfordensis <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria berenice <small>(L. Koch, 1877)</small> – Australia (Queensland to Tasmania), New Caledonia, Vanuatu
• Artoria bondi <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria booderee <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria cingulipes <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Artoria comleroi <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria corowa <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria emu <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria equipalus <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria extraordinaria <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria falcata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria flavimana <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
• Artoria gloriosa <small>(Rainbow, 1920)</small> – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• Artoria grahammilledgei <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Artoria hamata <small>Wang, Framenau & Zhang, 2021</small> – China
• Artoria hebridisiana <small>(Berland, 1938)</small> – Vanuatu
• Artoria helensmithae <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Artoria hospita <small>Vink, 2002</small> – New Zealand
• Artoria howquaensis <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)
• Artoria impedita <small>(Simon, 1909)</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria incrassata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria inversa <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria kanangra <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria kerewong <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria lamellata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria ligulacea <small>(Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009)</small> – China
• Artoria lineata <small>(L. Koch, 1877)</small> – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales to Tasmania)
• Artoria linnaei <small>Framenau, 2008</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria lycosimorpha <small>Strand, 1909</small> – South Africa
• Artoria maculatipes <small>(Roewer, 1960)</small> – Namibia
• Artoria maroota <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria mckayi <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (Queensland and South Australia to Tasmania)
• Artoria minima <small>(Berland, 1938)</small> – Vanuatu
• Artoria mungo <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria munmorah <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria myallensis <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria palustris <small>Dahl, 1908</small> – New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea/Bismarck Arch.)
• Artoria parvula <small>Thorell, 1877</small> – China, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Australia (Northern Territory) (type species)
• Artoria pileata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria pinnata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria plicata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria quadrata <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
• Artoria retorta <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria schizocoides <small>Framenau & Hebets, 2007</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria segrega <small>Vink, 2002</small> – New Zealand
• Artoria separata <small>Vink, 2002</small> – New Zealand
• Artoria slatyeri <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria strepera <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (New South Wales)
• Artoria subhamata <small>Wang & Zhang, 2022</small> – China
• Artoria taeniata <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Artoria taeniifera <small>Simon, 1909</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales)
• Artoria terania <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Artoria thorelli <small>(Berland, 1929)</small> – Samoa, Marquesas Is.
• Artoria triangularis <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (South Australia and Queensland to Tasmania)
• Artoria trifida <small>do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Artoria ulrichi <small>Framenau, 2002</small> – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Artoria victoriensis <small>Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006</small> – Australia (South Australia and Queensland to Tasmania)
• Artoria weiweii <small>Wang, Zhang & Peng, 2019</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Artoria wilkiei <small>Framenau & Baehr, 2018</small> – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales)

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