New eastern Australian species in the wolf spider genus Artoriopsis (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae)
Volker W. Framenau, John C. Douglas
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Volker W. Framenau, John C. Douglas
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Artoriopsis Framenau, 2007 is an Australian wolf spider (Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833) genus in the subfamily Artoriinae Framenau, 2007.One of its species, A. expolita (L.Koch, 1877), has recently been introduced to New Zealand.Five new species of Artoriopsis Framenau, 2007 are described here, A. bogabilla sp.nov.(males only); A. lacustris sp.nov.(male only), A. orientalis sp.nov.(males and females)-all only known from New South Wales-A.mulier sp.nov.(female only) from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and A. murphyi sp.nov.(male only) from Deal Island, Tasmania.104 Records of the Australian Museum (2021) Vol.73 Material and methodsMaterial is largely from the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM), the Deal Island specimen is lodged in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (QVM).Microscopic images were taken in different focal planes (c.20-30 images) on a Leica DMC4500 digital camera mounted to a Leica M205C stereomicroscope and combined using the Leica Application Suite X, v. 3.6.0.20104.Male pedipalp bulbs and epigynes were not dissected if the species were only known from the respective holotypes.Female epigynes were cleared in lactic acid for c. 2 hrs to show internal features.The descriptions and morphological nomenclature follow those in Framenau (2007).
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Artoriopsis Framenau, 2007 is an Australian wolf spider (Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833) genus in the subfamily Artoriinae Framenau, 2007.One of its species, A. expolita (L.Koch, 1877), has recently been introduced to New Zealand.Five new species of Artoriopsis Framenau, 2007 are described here, A. bogabilla sp.nov.(males only); A. lacustris sp.nov.(male only), A. orientalis sp.nov.(males and females)-all only known from New South Wales-A.mulier sp.nov.(female only) from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and A. murphyi sp.nov.(male only) from Deal Island, Tasmania.104 Records of the Australian Museum (2021) Vol.73 Material and methodsMaterial is largely from the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM), the Deal Island specimen is lodged in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston (QVM).Microscopic images were taken in different focal planes (c.20-30 images) on a Leica DMC4500 digital camera mounted to a Leica M205C stereomicroscope and combined using the Leica Application Suite X, v. 3.6.0.20104.Male pedipalp bulbs and epigynes were not dissected if the species were only known from the respective holotypes.Female epigynes were cleared in lactic acid for c. 2 hrs to show internal features.The descriptions and morphological nomenclature follow those in Framenau (2007).
Key concepts: Spider, Subfamily, Genus, Biology, Zoology, Wolf spider, Ecology, Geography