Artoria

Artoria
Artoria sp.
A. mckayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Subfamily: Artoriinae
Genus: Artoria
Thorell

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

Distribution

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

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.

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.

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.

Taxonomy

Framenau (2002) regarded the three African species as incertae sedis.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus included 68 species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genus Artoria". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
  2. ↑ Thorell, Tord Tamerlan Teodor (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragi di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (in Italian). 10: 341-634 [531]. ISSN 1122-6447. Wikidata Q122829409.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Genus Artoria Thorell, 1877". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  4. ↑ Roewer, C.F. 1960. Araneae Lycosiformia 2. (Lycosidae). Explor. Parc Natl. Upemba Fasc. 519–1040. 55 pp. [563,582]
  5. 1 2 Framenau, Volker (2002). "Review of the wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell (Araneae : Lycosidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 16 (2): 209-235 [210]. doi:10.1071/it01028. Wikidata Q59678080.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 34. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.