Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018

Do Prado, André W., Baptista, Renner Luiz Cerqueira & Framenau, Volker W., 2024, Taxonomy of the wolf spider genus Artoria in Western Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae), Zootaxa 5547 (1), pp. 1-81 : 74-77

Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018

Figs 41–43

Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018: 235–239 , 45A–H, 48I.

Type material. Holotype male, Wyrrabalong National Park , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 33°16’48”S, 151°32’45”E, 2 June 1997, L. Wilkie, pitfall trap ( AM KS.128072) . Paratypes: 1 male, same data as holotype ( AM KS62060 ) . 1 male, 1 female, Beecroft Peninsula , northern headland of Jervis Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 35°03’03”S, 150°47’21”E, 10 June 1999, pitfall trap, L. Gibson ( AM KS63496 ) ; 2 males, Beecroft Peninsula , northern headland of Jervis Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 35°03’03”S, 150°47’21”E, 20 August 1999, pitfall trap, L. Gibson, ( AM KS63508 ) ; 1 male, same data ( ZMH A0002174 ) . All examined .

Other material examined (114males, 19females and 53juv. in 65records). AUSTRALIA: New South Wales : 1 male, Booderee National Park, southern headland of Jervis Bay , 35º08’49’’S, 150º45’05’’E ( AM KS.62999) ; 1 male, Booti Booti National Park , 32º14’28’’S, 152º32’50’’E ( AM KS.63921) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.63919) ; 1 male, Booti Booti National Park , 32º16’S, 152º31’E ( AM KS.50514) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.50684) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.50689) ; 2 males, same locality ( AM KS.50686) ; 1 male, Booti Booti National Park, south of Forster —northern end of dirt track to Jane’s Corner, 32º14’28’’S, 152º32’50’’E ( AM KS.62070) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62063) ; 1 male, Booti Booti National Park, south of Forster —southern end of dirt track to Jane’s Corner, 32º14’44’’S, 152º32’33’’E ( AM KS.62064) ; 1 male, Doubleduke State Forest , junction of Range Road & Lockleys Road, 29º14’04’’S, 153º11’10’’E ( AM KS.39702) ; 1 male, Munmorah State Recreation Area , first access track to beach from southern entrance to park, 33º13’23’’S, 151º35’01’’E ( AM KS.62061) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62062) ; 2 males, Myall Lakes National Park , 3.8 km South of Mungo Brush campsite, 32º34’46’’S, 152º17’27’’E ( AM KS.62057) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62069) ; 2 males, same locality ( AM KS.62058) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62071) ; 2 males, Myall Lakes National Park , Lemontree Beach access, 32º37’56’’S, 152º12’28’’E ( AM KS62067 ) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62066) ; 1 male, same locality ( AM KS.62072) ; 1 male, Wyrrabalong National Park , 33º16’51’’S, 151º32’37’’E ( AM KS.62056) ; 1 male, Wyrrabalong National Park , 33º16’44’’S, 151º32’51’’E ( AM KS.63918) ; 1 male, Wyrrabalong National Park , 33º16’47’’S, 151º32’40’’E ( AM KS.62068) ; 1 male, Wyrrabalong NP, along track through old carpark area at northern end of park, 33º17’37’’S, 151º33’38’’E ( AM KS.62059) . South Australia: 1 male, 1 female, Bagdad Shrub, Upper South-East , 37º05’S, 139º49’E ( SAM NN13551 ) ; 2 males, 1 female, 13 km N of Keilira Station , 36º37’S, 140º11’E ( SAM NN13552– 4 ) . Western Australia: 5 males, Burdett, Road, near junction with Wittenoom Road, 33º27’30’’S, 122º08’26’’E ( WAM T68423 ) ; 2 males, Camel Lake Nature Reserve , East, 34º15’59’’S, 117º58’44’’E ( WAM T68430 ) ; 2 males, Coolinup Nature Reserve , NW of Esperance, 33º43’53’’S, 122º17’50’’E ( WAM T68417 ) ; 2 males, Cranbrook Water Supply Reserve , 34º18’30’’S, 117º34’9’’E ( WAM T68427 ) ; 1 male, 1 female, Fitzgerald River National Park , East Mt Barren, S slope, 33º55’S, 120º01’E ( WAM T69972 ) ; 1 male, Fitzgerald River National Park , West Mt Barren, NE slope, 34º13’24’’S, 119º26’23’’E ( WAM T69955 ) ; 1 male,`Glenbourne` Farm, S of Gracetown , 33º53’35’’S, 115º00’15’’E ( WAM T55541 ) ; 2 males, 1 female, Helms Arboretum Reserve , Brockway Road, 33º43’42’’S, 121º47’50’’E ( WAM T68415 ) ; 2 males, Helms Arboretum Reserve, Lake Morgan , 33º43’9’’S, 121º48’29’’E ( WAM T68424 ) ; 1 male, 1 female, Kulunilup Nature Reserve , West, 34º20’56’’S, 116º46’21’’E ( WAM T68419 ) ; 1 male, Lake Magenta Nature Reserve, South Central , 33º42’11’’S, 118º58’59’’E ( WAM T68431 ) ; 1 male, Lake Muir , N of, 34º26’35’’S, 116º40’54’’E ( WAM T68418 ) ; 2 males, Mt Burdett, E of, Backmans Road near Burdett Road junction, 33º29’05’’S, 122º12’27’’E ( WAM T68416 ) ; 3 males, Mt Lindesay , 34º50’20’’S, 117º18’30’’E ( WAM T69532 ) ; 1 male, Scaddan Road, near junction with Dempster Road, 33º29’19’’S, 121º58’16’’E ( WAM T68422 ) ; 1 female, 4 juv., Stirling Range National Park , 12 km S Bluff Knoll, 34º29’S, 116º15’E ( WAM T55578 ) ; 1 male, Stirling Range National Park, Bluff Knoll , 34º23’S, 118º15’E ( WAM T69533 ) ; 2 males, Stirling Range National Park , East, 34º17’57’’S, 118º04’19’’E ( WAM T68428 ) ; 1 male, Stirling Range National Park , NW of Two Mile Lake, 34º28’S, 118º15’E ( WAM T99224 ) ; 4 males, Torndirrup National Park , 35º10’S, 117º50’E ( WAM 99 /62–5) ; 1 male, same locality ( WAM 99 /72) ; 1 male, same locality ( WAM 99 /71) ; 1 male, same locality ( WAM 99 /73) ; 1 male, same locality ( WAM 99 /70) ; 2 males, same locality ( WAM T68694 ) ; 6 males, 2 juv., same locality ( WAM T68689 ) ; 3 males, 13 juv., same locality ( WAM T68688 ) ; 1 female, same locality ( WAM T162522 ) ; 1 male, 4 juv., same locality ( WAM T99210 ) ; 1 males, 1 female, 7 juv., same locality ( WAM T68690 ) ; 1 male, same locality ( WAM T162520 ) ; 1 male, 1 females, 5 juv., same locality ( WAM T68695 ) ; 1 female, same locality ( WAM T162519 ) ; 5 males, 11 juv., same locality ( WAM T68693 ) ; 17 males, 2 females, 7 juv., same locality ( WAM T68696 ) ; 2 males, same locality ( WAM 99 /44–5) ; 2 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve , NE of Switchback Tank, 34º58’52’’S, 118º10’36’’E ( WAM T75706 ) ; 4 males, 4 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve , NW of Switchback tank, 34º59’07’’S, 118º10’26’’E ( WAM T75707 ) .

Diagnosis. In Western Australia, the male pedipalp morphology of A. wilkiei is most similar to that of A. schizocoides based on the shape of the tegular apophysis, but A. wilkiei lacks the brushed setae on the tibiae of the first legs of that species ( Figs 42A vs 33A). Females of both species differ in the shape of the spermathecal heads, which are spherical in A. wilkiei ( Fig. 43D ) but have a basal lobe in A. schizocoides ( Fig. 33D ).

Description. For a detailed description of A. wilkiei see Framenau and Baehr (2018) (see also Figs 42A–E , 43A–D ).

Life history and habitat preferences. In New South Wales, A. wilkiei prefers open, coastal habitats such as sand dunes and heath ( Framenau & Baehr 2018). There, the species is autumn- to winter-mature with males collected from April to August. Similarly, in Western Australia, most mature males and females were collected from May to October, with a peak in July. There was no information on habitat preferences with any of the specimens from Western Australia.

Distribution. Southern Western Australia, into South Australia and coastal New South Wales ( Fig. 41 ).

Figures

FIGURE 33. Artoria schizocoides Framenau & Hebets, 2007, female: A, dorsal habitus; B, ventral habitus; C, epigyne; D, internal genitalia, dorsal view. A–D, (WAM T55578). Scale bars: A, B, 2.0 mm; C, D, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 41. Distribution of Artoria trifida sp. nov., and Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018.

FIGURE 42. Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018, male:A, dorsal habitus; B, ventral habitus; C–E, left pedipalp (C, ventral view; D, retrolateral view; E, embolic division, ventral view). A–E, holotype (WAM T162520). Scale bars: A, B, 2.0 mm; C–E 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 43. Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018, female: A, dorsal habitus; B, ventral habitus; C, epigyne; D, internal genitalia, dorsal view. A–C, (WAM T162522); D, (WAM T162519). Scale bars: A, B, 2.0 mm; C, D, 0.2 mm.