Artoria flavimana Simon, 1909

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 flavimana Simon, 1909 Figs 1C, 15, 19 A–H, 46D Yellow-handed Forest Runner

Artoria flavimanus Simon, 1909: 192, fig. 9.- Rainbow 1911: 275; McKay 1973: 380; McKay 1985: 74.

Artoria flavimana Simon.- Bonnet 1955: 750.

Artoriella flavimanus (Simon).- Roewer 1955: 233; Roewer, 1960: 563.

Lycosa neboissi McKay, 1976: 413-416, fig. 1 E–I.- McKay 1985: 80 (synonymy established in Framenau (2002)).

Material examined.

Holotype female of Artoria flavimanus Simon, 1909, Mundaring Weir ('Station 101') (31°57'S 116°10'E, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA], collected during the 'Hamburger südwest-australische Forschungsreise 1905' (ZMB 10548). Holotype female of Lycosa neboissi McKay, 1976, Rosanna (37°45'S, 145°04'E, Victoria, AUSTRALIA], 18 July 1954, A. Neboiss (NMV K32). Paratype male of Lycosa neboissi McKay, 1976, Rosanna (37°45'S, 145°04'E, Victoria, AUSTRALIA), 5 June 1954, A. Neboiss (MV K33).

Other material examined.

41 males, 9 females and 1 juvenile in 32 records (2 from the ACT, 30 from NSW). AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory: 1 female, 1 juv., Piccadilly Circus, 35°22'S, 148°48'E (ANIC); 1 female, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, 35°28'S, 148°54'E (AM KS13963). New South Wales: 1 male, 4 km NE of Mt Wog Wog, 17 km SE Bombala, 37°04 ’30” S, 149°28 ’00” E (AM KS99424); 1 male, 1 female, Bondi State Forest, 37°08'S, 149°09'E (AM KS12197, KS15203); 4 male, 3 females, Bondi State Forest, S of Bombala, Woodlot 1, 37°08'S, 149°09'E (AM KS11926, KS11934, KS11941, KS11951, KS18062-3); 34 males, 3 females, Bondi State Forest, S of Bombala, Woodlot 2, 37°07'S, 149°08'E (AM KS69080, KS69085, KS69091, KS69105, KS69122, KS69137, KS69714-5, KS69719, KS69724-5, KS70163-4, KS70238, KS71380-1, KS71384, KS71389, KS71394, KS71396); 1 male, Wombeyan Caves area, hillside north of camping ground, 34°19'S, 149°59'E (AM KS22498).

Diagnosis.

Amongst currently described Artoria , A. flavimana is most similar to A. avona Framenau, 2002, a species not yet recorded from NSW or the ACT ( Framenau 2002). The gaping shape of the tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp (Fig. 46D) is distinctive. Males can also be identified be the distinctive leg formula, with leg I longer than leg IV (I>IV>II>III). The shape of the epigyne of A. flavimana has a semi-circular to pentagonal atrium which includes an isolated ovoid median septum (Fig. 19G).

Description.

Artoria flavimana has been described in detail ( Framenau 2002). A diagnosis and diagnostic images (Figs 1C, 19 A–H, 46D) are provided here to facilitate identification.

Life history and habitat preferences.

Artoria flavimana occurs predominantly in eucalypt forests. In NSW and ACT, most males were recorded in May and August and females also into November. Reproductive activity appears to occur mostly in winter.

Distribution.

Artoria flavimana occurs in south-eastern NSW and the ACT in the South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) and Australian Alps (AUA) IBRA regions (Fig. 15). The species is also known from Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and south-western Western Australia ( Framenau 2002, 2005).