Artoria comleroi, Framenau, Volker W. & Baehr, Barbara C., 2018

Framenau, Volker W. & Baehr, Barbara C., 2018, The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae), Evolutionary Systematics 2 (2), pp. 169-241 : 169

Artoria comleroi sp. n. Figs 15, 16 A–H, 47F Comleroi Forest Runner

Material examined.

Holotype male, 40 m from Comleroi Road and 2 km N of Warkworth, private land [32°32 ’59” S, 151°01 ’22” E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 27 Jun 2012, J.R. Gollan, M.A. Ashcroft, pitfall trap, She-oak forest no understory (AM KS128078). Paratype: 1 female, same as holotype (AM KS122431).

Other material examined.

Known only from type material.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Comleroi Road.

Diagnosis.

Males of A. comleroi sp. n. are most similar to those of A. slatyeri sp. n. based on the elongated spoon-shaped tegular apophysis. They differ by an apical small lobe being present in A. comleroi sp. n. Females of A. comleroi sp. n. display an epigyne shape with the atrium forming two distinct ovoid depressions in ventral view.

Description.

Male (based on holotype, AM KS128078).

Total length 3.6.

Prosoma. Length 2.0, width 1.5; carapace dark grey; with distinct narrow lighter marginal band and narrow central band, widening towards posterior margin (Fig. 16A); sternum medium-brown, dusted with grey (Fig. 16B).

Eyes. Diameter of AME: 0.08; ALE: 0.09; PME: 0.23; PLE: 0.21.

Anterior eye row. Strongly procurved, evenly spaced.

Chelicerae. Dark brown curved outwards.

Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 16B)

Pedipalp coxae. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 16B).

Legs. Pale, with darker annulations; metatarsi and tarsi darker, less annulated (Fig. 16A).

Opisthosoma. Length 1.6, width 1.2; dark grey with light yellow-brown anterior cardiac mark and lighter irregular markings (Fig. 16A). Venter grey with indistinct lighter pattern (Fig. 16B); spinnerets dark grey.

Pedipalps. Tibia about twice long as broad; cymbium tip with 4-5 macrosetae (Fig. 16E, F); dorsal scopula patch present; tegular apophysis triangular, distally scooped, basally narrowed to 1/3, retrolateral tip rounded just reaching margin of cymbium (Fig. 16E); palea about as long as wide, basoembolic apophysis about as long as broad, broadly rounded; embolus broad, widely semicircular; terminal apophysis scooped (Fig. 47F).

Female (based on paratype, AM KS122431).

Total length 3.7.

Prosoma. Length 2.0, width 1.6; carapace and sternum colouration as male (Fig. 16C, D).

Eyes. Diameter of AME 0.08, ALE 0.07, PME 0.24, PLE 0.17.

Anterior eye row. Strongly procurved, evenly spaced.

Opisthosoma. Length 1.7, width 1.2; otherwise as male, (Fig. 16C, D).

Epigyne about as long as wide, strongly sclerotized at posterior rim, atrium formed by two distinct ovoid depressions (Fig. 16G); spermathecal heads globular about their diameter apart, spermathecal stalks attached medially and centrally bent (Fig16H).

Life history and habitat preferences.

No habitat data were found with the type specimens. The male and female types were collected in June suggesting Artoria comleroi sp. n. to be winter mature.

Distribution.

Known only from its type locality in the north-central Sydney Basin (SYB) IBRA region (Fig. 15).