Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877

Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhang, Zhi-Sheng & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2019, First record of Artoria Thorell, 1877 (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Malaysia, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4657 (2), pp. 392-396 : 394-395

Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877 ( Figs 3 , 4 )

Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877: 531 (♂); Framenau 2002: 233, fig. 17A–D (♂); Framenau 2005: 286, fig. 11A–B (♂ ♀); Li et al. 2012: 36 , figs 1A–I, 2A–E, 3A–E (♂ ♀).

Artoria luwamata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 364 , fig. 213a–e (♂).

Description. See Li et al. (2012) for both sexes. Habitus, male pedipalp and epigyne are photographed here ( Fig. 3 A–H)

to facilitate species identification of Artoria from Malaysia.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to A. ligulacea ( Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009) ( Li et al. 2012: 40, figs 4A–I, 5A–E), but

differs from the latter by the long and bifurcate median apophysis, the small tegulum of male pedipalp ( Fig. 3 C–F) and

the short spermatheca stalk of epigyne ( Fig. 3 G–H).

Material examined. MALAYSIA: 1 male (SWUC-Ar-Ly1003), Sabah, Kalabakan, Maliau Basin , 04°32.404′ N, 117°01.641′ E, elev. 321 m, 18 October 2015, L.Y. Wang, G.Q. Huang & Z.Z. Gao leg. ; 3 males and 2 females (SWUC- Ar-Ly1004), Kelantan, Cameron Highlands, Lojing , 04°36.367′ N, 101°28.484′ E, elev. 1152 m, 23 October 2015, L.Y. Wang, G.Q. Huang & Z.Z. Gao leg. ; 9 males and 12 females (SWUC-Ar-Ly1005), Sembilan, Kuala Klawang , 02°53.467′ N, 102°02.030′ E, elev. 180 m, 28 October 2015, L.Y. Wang, G.Q. Huang & Z.Z. Gao leg ..

Distribution. Malaysia ( Fig. 4 ); China, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Australia (Northern Territory).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877, A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Left male pedipalp, bulb, ventral view; D. Same, retrolateral view; E. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; F. Same, retrolateral view; G. Epigyne, ventral view; H. Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURE 4. Distribution records of Artoria in Malaysia.