Artoria booderee, 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 booderee sp. n. Figs 12, 13 A–H, 47E Booderee Forest Runner

Material examined.

Holotype male, Booderee National Park, southern headland of Jervis Bay (35°08 ’49” S, 150°45 ’05” E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), 20-25 August 1999, L. Gibson, pitfall trap (AM KS128069). Paratypes: 2 males, same data as holotype (AM KS62929); 1 female, Beecroft Peninsula, northern headland of Jervis Bay (35°03 ’03” S, 150°47 ’21” E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), 1-5 August 1999, L. Gibson, pitfall trap (AM KS63500).

Other material examined.

4 males and 6 females in 6 records (all NSW). AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: 1 male, Beecroft Peninsula, northern headland of Jervis Bay, 35°03 ’03” S, 150°47 ’21” E (AM KS63504); 2 females, same locality (AM KS63448); 1 female, same locality (AM KS63480); 1 male, Booderee National Park, southern headland of Jervis Bay, 35°08 ’49” S, 150°45 ’05” E (AM KS62921); 2 males, same locality (AM KS62932); 3 females, same locality (AM KS84097); 1 male, Mt Kembla, Sydney Catchment Authority Reserve, 34°26 ’33” S, 150°04 ’24” E (AM KS128999).

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Booderee National Park.

Diagnosis.

Males of A. booderee sp. n. share with A. corowa sp. n., A. munmorah sp. n. and A. equipalus sp. n. a distinctly bi-lobed tegular apophysis. They differ by having a more elongated cymbium with ca. 2-3 distinct macrosetae on its tip, with 4-5 present in A. equipalus sp. n. and absent in both other species of this group. The epigyne of female A. booderee sp. n. is incised posteriorly and most similar to that of A. corowa sp. n., but the anterior edge of the epigyne in A. booderee sp. n. is distinctly semi-circular, not so in A. corowa sp. n.

Description.

Male (based on holotype, AM KS128069).

Total length 3.9.

Prosoma. Length 2.3, width 1.6; carapace light yellow-brown with indistinct darker radial pattern; indistinct broad lighter central band and narrow lighter marginal band (Fig. 13A); sternum light brown, dusted with grey (Fig. 13B).

Eyes. Diameter of AME: 0.09; ALE: 0.10; PME: 0.28; PLE: 0.22.

Anterior eye row. Straight, evenly spaced.

Chelicerae. Dark brown.

Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 13B).

Pedipalp coxae. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 13B).

Legs. Yellow brown with darker annulations; tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi darker, less annulated (Fig. 13A).

Opisthosoma. Length 1.6, width 1.2; yellow-brown with light yellow-brown anterior cardiac mark and dark grey irregular pattern laterally (Fig. 13A). Venter light-brown with slightly darker pattern (Fig. 13B); spinnerets dark grey.

Pedipalps. Tibia globular, as long as broad; cymbium tip with 3 macrosetae (Fig. 13E, F); dorsal scopula patch present; tegular apophysis distally widely scooped, deeply indented basally narrowing to 1/3 width, prolateral tip hooked, retrolateral tip rounded and reaching over margin of cymbium (Fig. 13E, F); palea about 1 1/2 times as long as wide; basoembolic apophysis about as long as broad, triangular; embolus broad, widely semicircular; terminal apophysis broad (Fig. 47E).

Female (based on paratype AM KS63500).

Total length 4.3.

Prosoma. Length 2.2, width 1.5; carapace and sternum colouration as male (Fig. 13C, D).

Eyes. Diameter of AME 0.07, ALE 0.09, PME 0.23, PLE 0.16.

Anterior eye row. Strongly procurved, evenly spaced.

Opisthosoma. Length 2.1, width 1.8; opisthosoma darker and cardiac mark smaller and less distinct (Fig. 13C).

Epigyne: atrium narrow, inverted u-shaped, strongly sclerotized at posterior tips (Fig. 13G, spermathecal heads globular around 2 x their diameter apart, stalks attached postero-laterally (Fig. 13H).

Life history and habitat preferences.

Artoria booderee sp. n. appears to be a coastal species, as it has so far only been found on the northern and southern headlands around Jervis Bay and near Sydney. No habitat data were included on the locality labels.

All mature males at Jervis Bay were collected in August. The one from Sydney specimen was collected in December. Mature females were found in August, December and February suggesting that A. booderee sp. n. is a not tightly synchronised with any specific season.

Distribution.

Known only from around Jervis Bay and the Mt Kembla Basin in the Sydney Basin (SYB) IBRA region (Fig. 12).