Artoria gloriosa (Rainbow, 1920)

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 gloriosa (Rainbow, 1920) Figs 20 A–H, 21, 46E Lord Howe Island Forest Runner

Lycosa gloriosa Rainbow, 1920: 261-262, pl. 30, figs 94-95.- Roewer 1955: 272; Bonnet 1957: 2643; McKay 1973: 379; McKay 1979: 238-240, fig. 1 F–K; McKay 1985: 77.

Artoria gloriosa (Rainbow).- Framenau 2005: 279-282, figs 7 A–F, 8.

Material examined.

Holotype female, Lord Howe Island, (31°31'S, 159°04'E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), A.M. Lea, December 1915-January 1916 (SAM NN038) (examined).

Other material examined.

153 males, 67 females (1 with eggsac, 3 with spiderlings) and 51 juveniles in 114 records (all NSW). AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Lord Howe Island: 7 males. 4 female, 2 juv., no exact locality (AM KS55, KS10815, KS86485-6, QM); 1 male, Anderson Road, south end, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64113); 1 female, Behind Leanda-Lei, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64109); 1 female, 13 juv., Beside Little Island, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64118); 3 males, 1 female, 6 juv., Dawson Point Ridge, summit, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64115); 1 male, Lagoon Road, opposite hospital, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64119); 1 male, 1 female, Lagoon Road, opposite hospital, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64116); 1 male, 30 m below main cliff of Mt Lidgbird, 31°34 ’02” S, 159°04 ’05” E (AM KS79105); 3 males, 50 m S of summit of Mt Eliza, W face, 31°30 ’57” S, 159°02 ’25” E (AM KS75873, KS75885); 9 males, 3 females, base of Round Face, Mt Lidgbird, Far Flats, 31°34 ’9” S, 159°04 ’35” E (AM KS76126-8, KS76131, KS76134, KS76136, KS79097, KS79108); 3 males, 4 females, base of Scaly Bark Ridge, trail to Mt Gower, 31°34 ’37” S, 159°04 ’40” E (AM KS76192, KS76197, KS76200-1, KS79102); 1 female, behind Research Station, 31°31 ’37” S, 159°03 ’58” E (AM KS79096); 1 male, E end of Boat Harbour Beach, 31°33 ’37” S, 159°05 ’53” E (AM KS76114); 1 male, 1 female, E face of Mt Lidgbird, base of summit plateau, 31°34 ’27” S, 159°05 ’04” E (AM KS73167, KS75822); 2 females, E slope of Dawsons Point Ridge, near top, 31°30 ’58” S, 159°02 ’58” E (AM KS75906, KS75909); 2 females, E slope of Malabar Ridge above Neds Beach, 31°31 ’03” S, 159°03 ’38” E (AM KS75918, KS75922); 2 females, Lord Howe Island, E slope of Phillip Point (North Head), 31°31 ’20” S, 159°02 ’29” E (AM KS75937); 1 female, E slopes of Roach Island, 31°30 ’08” S, 159°04 ’9” E (AM KS75866); 1 male, footslopes of Mt Lidgbird, 200 m E of Goat House Trail, 31°33 ’41” S, 159°05 ’15” E (AM KS76084); 1 female, Goat House track, 400m from Goat House Cave, 31°33 ’15” S, 159°04 ’57” E (AM KS79103); 1 female, junction of Kims Lookout Trail and North Beach Trail, 31°31 ’08” S, 159°03 ’00” E (AM KS75913); 18 males, 1 female, Lagoon Beach between rubbish tip & airstrip, 31°32 ’31” S, 159°04 ’31” E (AM KS75989, KS75996, KS76001, KS76007, KS76010, KS79107); 1 female, 1 juv., Lagoon Road, N of Blinky Beach Road turnoff, 31°32 ’30” S, 159°04 ’30” E (AM KS56); 1 male, 2 females, Little Slope, 31°35 ’12” S, 159°04 ’03” E (AM KS75849, KS76229, KS76231); 1 male, 3 females, 3 juv., Malabar Ridge Saddle, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64108, S64110); 1 male, Mt Gower summit, 31°35 ’23” S, 159°04 ’22” E (AM KS76235); 1 male, 1 female, 9 juv., Mt Gower summit (NE), 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64114, S64117); 1 female, Mt Gower, midway down last gully, 31°35 ’13” S, 159°04 ’18” E (AM KS85177); 1 male, Mt Gower, ridge, 31°35 ’18” S, 159°04 ’20” E (AM KS85173); 1 female, Mt Gower, top of Gully N of igloo, 31°35 ’07” S, 159°04 ’36” E (AM KS85182); 1 female, Mt Gower summit, near lookout, 31°35 ’06” S, 159°04 ’32” E (AM KS70559); 6 males, 3 females, Mt Gower, bottom of gully, near igloo, 31°35 ’04” S, 159°04 ’31” E (AM KS85174); 7 males, Mt Gower, bottom of ridge, N of igloo, 31°35 ’05” S, 159°04 ’34” E (AM KS85171); 4 males, 1 female, 2 juv., Mt Gower, bottom of ridge, S of igloo, 31°35 ’08” S, 159°04 ’30” E (AM KS85172); 1 female, Mt Gower, end of ridge, 31°35 ’11” S, 159°04 ’21” E (AM KS85176); 2 males, 2 juv., Mt Gower, level 3, 31°35'S, 159°05'E (AM KS1421); 1 male,, Mt Gower, midway down gully near igloo, 31°35 ’06” S, 159°04 ’32” E (AM KS86841); 1 male, 1 female, Mt Gower, midway down gully near igloo, 31°35 ’06” S, 159°04 ’32” E (AM KS85170); 2 males, 2 females, Mt Gower, midway down large gully with waterfall, 31°35 ’08” S, 159°04 ’27” E (AM KS85175); 4 males, Mt Gower, midway down ridge, N of igloo, 31°35 ’05” S, 159°04 ’35” E (AM KS85178); 10 males, 2 females, Mt Gower, midway down ridge, S of igloo, 31°35 ’9” S, 159°04 ’31” E (AM KS85181); 1 male, Mt Gower, Razorback, 31°35 ’30” S, 159°04 ’18” E (AM KS76249); 26 males, 2 female, Mt Gower, top of gully, N of igloo, 31°35 ’07” S, 159°04 ’36” E (AM KS84008, KS85179); 2 males, Mt Gower, top of ridge S of igloo, 31°35 ’11” S, 159°04 ’31” E (AM KS79104, KS85180); 1 male, Mt Gower summit, near igloo, 31°31 ’16” S, 159°05 ’01” E (AM KS79109); 1 male, Mt Lidgbird, S face, summit tabletop base, 31°34 ’37” S, 159°05 ’04” E (AM KS76166); 1 male, N bank of Rocky Run Creek, Boat Harbour trail, 31°33 ’19” S, 159°05 ’33” E (AM KS76059); 1 male, 3 females, 11 juv., NE area of Mt Gower summit, 31°35 ’12” S, 159°04 ’42” E (AM KS52-4); 1 female, Neds Beach Road, 31°31'S, 159°03'E (AM KS84014); 1 male, Peach Tree Ridge, below Intermediate Hill, 31°33 ’01” S, 159°05 ’05” E (AM KS76026); 2 males, 2 females, S end of Salmon Beach, 31°34 ’08” S, 159°04 ’28” E (AM KS75816, KS79098-9, KS79110); 7 males, 1 female, Stephens Reserve, New Settlement, 31°31 ’33” S, 159°03 ’53” E (AM KS76253-4, KS76263, KS76268, KS76270-1); 1 female, 2 juv., The Clear Place, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64112); 1 male, The Saddle, Erskine Valley, 31°34 ’49” S, 159°04 ’58” E (AM KS76190); 1 male, track to Erskine Valley, opposite Salmon Beach, 31°33 ’39” S, 159°04 ’31” E (AM KS79106); 1 male, 1 female, trail through Erskine Valley, 31°34 ’37” S, 159°04 ’33” E (AM KS76170, KS76175); 1 male, 1 female, trail to Mt Gower, 31°35 ’08” S, 159°04 ’45” E (AM KS76213); 2 males, 3 females, trail to Mt Gower, 31°35 ’06” S, 159°04 ’45” E (AM KS76208, KS76211, KS79101); 9 males, trail to Mt Gower, 31°35 ’12” S, 159°04 ’35” E (AM KS76218-9, KS76223, KS76227, KS79100); 1 female, Transit Hill, south slope, 31°30'S, 159°04'E (QM S64111); 1 male, 1 female, Valley of the Shadows bird colony, 31°31 ’50” S, 159°04 ’36” E (AM KS82432, KS82447); 1 male, 1 female, W slope of Malabar Ridge, S of Kims Lookout, 31°30 ’57” S, 159°03 ’31” E (AM KS75899, KS75902); 1 female, W slope of Transit Hill, 31°32 ’05” S, 159°02 ’24” E (AM KS75942); 1 male, western edge Golf Course, left side of clearing, 31°33 ’11” S, 159°05 ’01” E (AM KS126396).

Diagnosis.

Artoria gloriosa is similar to A. albopilata ; however, the tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp of A. gloriosa lacks the apical lower tip present in A. albopilata . The tip of the embolus of A. gloriosa is blunt (Fig. 46E), whereas it is sharp and sickle-shaped in A. albopilata (Fig. 46F). The median septum of the female epigyne of A. gloriosa does not fill out the whole atrium as in A. albopilata (Fig. 3G) but is truncated anteriorly (Fig. 20G).

Description.

Artoria gloriosa has been described in detail ( Framenau 2005). A diagnosis and diagnostic images (Figs 20 A–H, 21, 46E) are provided here to facilitate identification.

Life history and habitat preferences.

Artoria gloriosa is a forest species dwelling in litter in a variety of forest types on Lord Howe Island. Mature males and females have largely been found between November and February, with two records of males from May and a female with spiderlings in July. Two females with spiderlings were found in December.

Distribution.

Artoria gloriosa is endemic to Lord Howe Island (PSI - Pacific Subtropical Island IBRA region) (Fig. 21) and currently the only Artoria species known from that island group.