| Simonstown Artoria Wolf Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Artoria |
| Species: | A. lycosimorpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Artoria lycosimorpha Strand, 1909 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Artoria lycosimorpha is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Simonstown Artoria wolf spider. [2]
Artoria lycosimorpha is known only from the type locality at Simonstown in the Western Cape, at an elevation of 125 m. [2]
The species is a free-running ground dweller sampled from the Fynbos biome. [2]
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Artoria lycosimorpha is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The species is known only from a juvenile, and additional sampling is needed to collect adults and determine the species' range. [2]
The species was described by Embrik Strand in 1909 from Simonstown. [3] Framenau (2002) regarded the species as incertae sedis. [2] The holotype is housed at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany. [1]
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