Artoria

Not to be confused with Arturia.

Artoria
Artoria sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Subfamily:	Artoriinae
Genus:	Artoria Thorell [1]

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]}

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]

Taxonomy

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

Species

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

• Artoria aculeata do Prado, Baptista & Framenau, 2024 – Australia (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, 2021 – China
• Artoria hebridisiana (Berland, 1938) – Vanuatu
• Artoria helensmithae Framenau & Baehr, 2018 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Artoria hospita Vink, 2002 – New 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, 1909 – South 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, 1908 – New 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)

References

1. "Genus Artoria". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.
2. T. Thorell (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. "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. Volker W. Framenau (2002). "Review of the wolf spider genus Artoria Thorell (Araneae : Lycosidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 16 (2): 209-235 [210]. doi:10.1071/IT01028. ISSN   1445-5226. Wikidata   Q59678080.
6. 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.