Artoria kerewong, 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 kerewong sp. n. Figs 26 E–H, 27, 48A Kerewong Forest Runner

Material examined.

Holotype male, Kerewong State Forest, near Lorne (31°36'S, 152°34'E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA], 20 November 1978, D. Milledge, pitfall trap site 108(3), FN1561 (AM KS16162).

Other material examined.

Known only from type material.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Kerewong State Forest.

Diagnosis.

The pedipalp morphology of males of A. kerewong sp. n. is distinct within the genus, with the terminal section of the tegular apophysis having both a pointed apical and a pointed basal tip. The basoembolic apophysis is the longest amongst the known Artoria species. The female of A. kerewong sp. n. is currently unknown.

Description.

Male (based on holotype, AM KS16162).

Total length 4.6.

Prosoma. Length 2.6, width 1.9; carapace dark grey; with distinct broad lighter marginal band and broad lighter central band, constricted at posterior 1/3 (Fig. 26E); sternum light brown, slightly dusted grey (Fig. 26F).

Eyes. Diameter of AME: 0.11; ALE: 0.12; PME: 0.29; PLE: 0.20.

Anterior eye row. Slightly procurved, evenly spaced.

Chelicerae. Medium brown darker apically.

Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 26F).

Pedipalp coxae. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 26F).

Legs. Yellow brown with darker annulations; metatarsi and tarsi darker, less annulated (Fig. 26E).

Opisthosoma. Length 2.0, width 1.5; cinnamon-brown with light yellow-brown anterior cardiac mark and dark grey irregular pattern (Fig. 26E). Venter cinnamon with darker pattern laterally (Fig. 26F); spinnerets dark grey.

Pedipalps. Tibia as long as broad; cymbium tip with distal cluster of macrosetae (Fig. 26G, H); dorsal scopula patch present but sparse; tegular apophysis with narrow stalk and bent triangular tip, tip reaching margin of cymbium, prolaterally strongly pointed (Fig. 26G); palea about twice as long as wide, basoembolic apophysis twice as long as broad, bent posteriorly and broadly rounded; embolus extremely broad, widely semicircular; terminal apophysis not visible (Fig. 48A).

Female unknown.

Life history and habitat preferences.

No habitat data were on the collection label of the holotype, which was found in November/December suggesting it is summer mature.

Distribution.

Artoria kerewong sp. n. is known only from the type locality, the Kerewong State Forest in the NSW North Coast (NNC) IBRA region (Fig. 27).