Artoria bondi, 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 bondi sp. n. Figs 6 E–H, 12, 47D Bondi Forest Runner

Material examined.

Holotype male, Bondi State Forest, woodlot 3 (37°08'S, 149°09'E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA), 26 Nov 1980 G. Gowing et al., pitfall trap, Banksia (AM KS128073). Paratypes: 3 males, same as holotype (AM KS116188).

Other material examined.

Known only from type material.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality, Bondi State Forest.

Diagnosis.

Similar to other species in the lineata -group, the tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp is spoon-shaped (Fig. 6G) in A. bondi sp. n., but is much smaller than in A. lineata , A. quadrata or A. ulrichi . In that, A. bondi sp. n. males resemble A. strepera sp. n. males in which the embolus and terminal apophysis protrude much further behind the tegulum than in A. bondi sp. n.

Description.

Male (based on holotype, AM KS128073).

Total length 3.6.

Prosoma. Length 2.0, width 1.3, carapace yellow-brown, dusted with grey and indistinct dark radial pattern; lateral margin and central band pale yellow, broader in cephalic area, constricted halfway between cephalic area and fovea (Fig. 6E); sternum yellow-brown, dusted dark grey (Fig. 6F). Pale area covered with white setae.

Eyes. Diameter of AME: 0.08; ALE: 0.10; PME: 0.24; PLE: 0.15.

Anterior eye row. Straight, evenly spaced.

Chelicerae. Dark brown.

Labium. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 6F).

Pedipalp coxae. Dark brown, with lighter anterior rim (Fig. 6F).

Legs. Yellow brown with darker annulations; tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi darker, less annulated (Fig. 6E).

Opisthosoma. Length 1.6, width 1.2; cinnamon-brown with pale anterior cardiac mark and dark grey irregular pattern (Fig. 6E). Venter cinnamon with darker pattern (Fig. 6F), pale area covered with white setae; spinnerets dark grey.

Pedipalps. Tibia globular, as long as broad; cymbium tip with 4-5 macrosetae (Fig. 6G, H); dorsal scopula patch absent; tegular apophysis spoon-shaped, basally narrowed to 1/2, tip rounded not reaching margin of cymbium (Fig. 6G); palea about 1 1/2 as long as wide; basoembolic apophysis about twice as long as broad, tip pointed; embolus spatulate, widely semicircular; terminal apophysis small, tip rounded (Fig. 47D).

Female unknown.

Life history and habitat preferences.

The type material of Artoria bondi sp. n. has been found in Banksia woodland in November.

Distribution.

Artoria bondi sp. n. is currently known only from its type locality, the Bondi State Forest in south-eastern NSW in the South Eastern Highlands (SEH) IBRA region (Fig. 12).