Artoria pruinosa (L. Koch, 1877)

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 pruinosa (L. Koch, 1877)

Lycosa pruinosa L. Koch, 1877: 925-927, pl. 80, figs 2, 2a; Rainbow 1911: 271; McKay 1973: 379; McKay 1985: 82.

Dingosa pruinosa (L. Koch).- Roewer 1955: 240.

Artoria pruinosa (L. Koch).- Framenau 2005: 288.

Material examined.

Holotype male, Sydney (33°45'S, 151°06'E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), Bradley Collection (considered lost ( Framenau 2005)). Not examined.

Remarks.

The transfer of Lycosa pruinosa to Artoria was based on the morphology of the male pedipalp as illustrated in the original description (L. Koch 1877; fig. 2a), which displays a clear artoriine structure ( Framenau 2005). However, the body colouration of the holotype illustrated (L. Koch 1877; fig. 2) with a light median band on a uniformly black abdomen does not match the genus description. As part of our comprehensive revision of NSW Artoria we could not identify this species, originally described from Sydney. The most similar species is Artoriopsis whitehouseae Framenau, 2007; however, the type locality, Sydney, for A. pruinosa falls far outside the range of that species, which so far has only been found west of the Great Dividing Range (Framenau, 2007; unpublished data). Considering the uncertainty identifying A. pruinosa due to the lack of the type specimen, we here consider the species-group name Lycosa pruinosa L. Koch, 1877 a nomen dubium.