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Artoria
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Artoria is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1877 by Tamerlan Thorell,[1][2] and the type species is Artoria parvula.[3] In 1960, Roewer erected the genera Artoriella and Trabeola.[3][4] However, in 2002, Volker Framenau reviewed Artoria and synonymised both these genera with Artoria.[3][5]

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Distribution

Species of this genus are widespread throughout south-east Asia and found in all states and territories of Australia.[3]

Description

Artoria are small to medium-sized wolf spiders with a total length of approximately 3 to 10 mm, with males slightly smaller than females. The carapace is brown to black with a darker radial pattern, and light median and lateral bands are sometimes present.[6]

The abdomen is brown to dark grey, often with a mottled pattern and mostly with a light lanceolate heart mark. The carapace is longer than wide with a straight dorsal profile in lateral view.The head flanks in frontal view are steep in most males but may have a gentle slope in females.[6]

Chelicerae bear three (rarely one or two) promarginal and three (rarely one or two) retromarginal teeth. The labium is as long as or slightly longer than wide.[6]

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Taxonomy

Framenau (2002) regarded the three African species as incertae sedis.[6][5]

Species

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As of October 2025, this genus includes 68 species:[1]

  • Artoria aculeata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Artoria albopedipalpis Framenau, 2002 – Australia (Victoria)
  • Artoria albopilata (Urquhart, 1893) – Australia (Queensland to South Australia and Tasmania)
  • Artoria alta Framenau, 2004 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria amoena (Roewer, 1960)DR Congo
  • Artoria atrata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria avona Framenau, 2002 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
  • Artoria barringtonensis Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria beaury Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria belfordensis Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria berenice (L. Koch, 1877) – Australia (Queensland to Tasmania), New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  • Artoria bondi Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria booderee Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria cingulipes Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Artoria comleroi Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria corowa Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria emu do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria equipalus Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria extraordinaria Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria falcata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria flavimana Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
  • Artoria gloriosa (Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
  • Artoria grahammilledgei Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Artoria hamata Wang, Framenau & Zhang, 2021China
  • Artoria hebridisiana (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
  • Artoria helensmithae Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Artoria hospita Vink, 2002New Zealand
  • Artoria howquaensis Framenau, 2002 – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Artoria impedita (Simon, 1909) – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria incrassata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria inversa do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria kanangra Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria kerewong Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria lamellata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009) – China
  • Artoria lineata (L. Koch, 1877) – Australia (South Australia, New South Wales to Tasmania)
  • Artoria linnaei Framenau, 2008 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria lycosimorpha Strand, 1909South Africa
  • Artoria maculatipes (Roewer, 1960)Namibia
  • Artoria maroota Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria mckayi Framenau, 2002 – Australia (Queensland and South Australia to Tasmania)
  • Artoria minima (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
  • Artoria mungo Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria munmorah Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria myallensis Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria palustris Dahl, 1908New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea/Bismarck Arch.)
  • Artoria parvula Thorell, 1877 – China, Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Australia (Northern Territory) (type species)
  • Artoria pileata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria pinnata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria plicata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria quadrata Framenau, 2002 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Artoria retorta do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria schizocoides Framenau & Hebets, 2007 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria segrega Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Artoria separata Vink, 2002 – New Zealand
  • Artoria slatyeri Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria strepera Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Artoria subhamata Wang & Zhang, 2022 – China
  • Artoria taeniata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Artoria taeniifera Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales)
  • Artoria terania Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Artoria thorelli (Berland, 1929)Samoa, Marquesas Is.
  • Artoria triangularis Framenau, 2002 – Australia (South Australia and Queensland to Tasmania)
  • Artoria trifida do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Artoria ulrichi Framenau, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Artoria victoriensis Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006 – Australia (South Australia and Queensland to Tasmania)
  • Artoria weiweii Wang, Zhang & Peng, 2019 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Artoria wilkiei Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales)
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