Artoria kanangra, 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 kanangra sp. n. Figs 2C, 26 A–D, 27, 47L Kanangra Forest Runner

Material examined.

Holotype male, Kanangra-Boyd National Park, Boyd River (34°03'S, 150°05'E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), 26 November 1994, D. Bickel, pans, 1200 m, creek sphagnum (AM KS45008).

Other material examined.

AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: 1 male, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, 14 km NW Jamberoo, Illawarra Escarpment, 34°40 ’28” S, 150°42 ’45” E (AM KS63088).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Kanangra-Boyd National Park.

Diagnosis.

Males of A. kanangra sp. n. are most similar to those of the booderee -group ( A. booderee sp. n., A. corowa sp. n., A. munmorah sp. n. and A. equipalus sp. n.), but differ in the shape of the tegular apophysis, which is birdhead-shaped in A. kanangra sp. n. (Fig. 26C).

Description.

Male (based on holotype, AM KS45008).

Total length 4.5.

Prosoma. Length 2.4, width 1.7; carapace yellow-brown dusted with grey and indistinct dark radial pattern; lateral margin and central band pale yellow, broader in cephalic area, constricted halfway between cephalic area and fovea (Fig. 26A); sternum yellow-brown, dusted dark grey (Fig. 26B).

Eyes (Fig. 2C). Diameter of AME: 0.09; ALE: 0.11; PME: 0.29; PLE: 0.23.

Anterior eye row. Slightly procurved, evenly spaced.

Chelicerae. Dark brown.

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

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

Legs. Femora and tibiae of leg I very dark; other legs brown, femora and tibia with darker annulations, particularly ventrally; tarsi and metatarsi lighter yellow-brown (Fig. 26A).

Opisthosoma. Length 2.1, width 1.4; cinnamon-brown with light anterior cardiac mark and dark grey irregular pattern (Fig. 26A). Venter cinnamon with darker pattern (Fig. 26B); spinnerets dark grey.

Pedipalps. Tibia globular, as long as broad; cymbium tip with cluster of macrosetae (Fig. 26C, D); dorsal scopula patch present; tegular apophysis distally birdhead-shaped, basally narrowed to 1/3, retrolateral tip pointed not reaching margin of cymbium (Fig. 26C); palea about 1 1/2 times as long as wide; basoembolic apophysis about as long as broad, triangular; embolus widely semicircular; terminal apophysis broad (Fig. 47L).

Female unknown.

Life history and habitat preferences.

The holotype was found in creek sphagnum at 1,200 m altitude suggesting the species to be riparian. Adult males were found in August and December.

Distribution.

Artoria kanangra sp. n. is currently known only from two localities in eastern-central NSW, from the Sydney Basin (SYB) and South Eastern Highlands (SHE) IBRA bioregions (Fig. 27).