Artoria ligulacea ( Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009 )

Wang, Lu-Yu, Framenau, Volker W. & Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2021, A further study on the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zootaxa 4964 (3), pp. 571-584 : 578-579

Artoria ligulacea ( Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009)

Figs 7–8 , 11

Hygrolycosa ligulacea Qu et al., 2009: 71 , figs 1a–c, 2a–d (♂ ♀).

Artoria ligulacea: Li et al. 2012: 40 , figs 4A–I, 5A–E (♂ ♀).

Diagnosis. This species resembles A. parvula Thorell, 1877 ( Figs 9–10 ), but can be distinguished from the latter by the distal end of median apophysis somewhat like the head of a cobra snake, with bent tip ( Figs 7A–B , 8D–E ), whereas distal end curved triangular with ventrally bent tip in A. parvula ( Figs 9A–B , 10D–E ), basoembolic apophysis longer than wide, highly sclerotized ( Figs 7A, C , 8D, F ), whereas almost round and not sclerotized in A. parvula ( Figs 9A, C , 10D–F ). Posterior margin of epigyne straight ( Figs 7D–E , 8G–H ), whereas posterior margin with a depression in A. parvula ( Figs 9D–E , 10G–H ). Spermathecal head not furcated ( Figs 7E , 8H ), whereas furcated into two branches in A. parvula ( Figs 9E , 10H ).

Description. See Li et al. (2012) for both sexes. Habitus, male pedipalp, and epigyne as in Figs 7–8 .

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan Province: 5♂ and 10♀, Baoshan Prefecture, Longyang District, Luji- ang Town , Dasheyao Bealock , 24°55.665′N, 98°45.112′E, 2363 m, 13–14.II.2011, Z.X. Li & L.Y. Wang leg. ; Sichuan Province: 21♂ and 55♀, Mianning County, Yele National Nature Reserve , 28°52.355′N, 102°09.067′E, 2735 m, 10.V.2012, D. Wang & L.Y. Wang leg. ; 1♂ and 61♀, Emeishan City, Emei Mountain, Taiziping , 29°31.612′N, 103°19.812′E, 2841 m, 14.V.2012, D. Wang & L.Y. Wang leg. ; Guizhou Province: 3♀, Nayong County, Zhong- zhai Village , 26°41.196′N, 105°22.802′E, 1691 m, 2.VII.2012, D. Wang & X.K. Jiang leg. ; 2♀, Nayong Count, Zhangjiawan Town, Dapingqing , 26°40.578′N, 105°28.048′E, 2007 m, 3–4.VII.2012, D. Wang & X.K. Jiang leg. ; 21♂ and 17♀, Nayong Count, Zhangjiawan Town, Dapingqing , 26°40.578′N, 105°28.048′E, 2007 m, 15.X.2012, L.Y. Wang, X.K. Jiang & X.W. Meng leg.

Distribution. Previously known from Yunnan Province of China only, but here reported from further east and north, to the Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces of China ( Fig. 11 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Artoria ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009), A. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; D. Epigyne, ventral view; E. Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURE 8. Artoria ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009), A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Male eyes and chelicerae, front view; D. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; G. Epigyne, ventral view; H. Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURE 9. Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877, A. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; D. Epigyne, ventral view; E. Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURE 10. Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877, A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Male eyes and chelicerae, front view; D. Left male pedipalp, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; G. Epigyne, ventral view; H. Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURE 11. Distribution records of the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae in China.