Artoriinae

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Lycosidae
subfamilia = Artoriinae
diversity_link = List of Lycosidae species#Artoriopsis
diversity = 10 genera
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
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The Artoriinae are a subfamily of wolf spiders. They are the sister group to the Lycosinae and Pardosinae combinedFramenau 2007] .

Characteristics

Artoriinae are distinguished from all other Lycosidae by the presence of a basoembolic (at the base of the embolus) apophysis on the male pedipalp. This apophysis can be thin and lamellar, as in some "Diahogna" and "Tetralycosa", very strongly sclerotized, as in "Artoria", or may have a finger-like protrusion, as in "Anoteropsis". The function during copulation is not known.

Distribution

Artoriinae only occur in the Oriental, Australasian and Pacific regions, and have a center of diversity in Australia and New Zealand. According to Framenau (2007), the Australian diversity, combined with the absonce from South America, Africa and India suggest a post-Gondwanan origin, that is less than 60 million years ago.

Taxonomy

Currently there are three African species of "Artoria" [Platnick 2008] . "A. amoena" and "A. maculipes" were described under genus "Artoriella" by Carl Friedrich Roewer, who also moved "A. lycosimorpha" and the Australian "A. cingulipes", "A. flavimana" and "A. taeniifera" there. As the type species of "Artoriella", "A. flavimana" belongs to "Artoria", the whole genus is now considered a junior synonym of "Artoria". However, based on Roewer's descriptions, the African "Artoria" are more likely to belong to genus "Pardosa" or a related genus. Until a revision of these species is undertaken, these African species will technically reside in "Artoria".

Genera

* "Anoteropsis" L. Koch, 1878 — New Zealand (Polynesian species is misplaced)
* "Artoria" Thorell, 1877 — Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Africa (however, see Taxonomy)
* "Artoriopsis" Framenau, 2007 — Australia
* "Diahogna" Roewer, 1960 — Australia
* "Lycosella" Thorell, 1890 — Hawai'i, Sumatra
* "Notocosa" Vink, 2002 — New Zealand
* "Syroloma" Simon, 1900 — Hawai'i
* "Tetralycosa" Roewer, 1960 — Australia

Two as yet unnamed genera with sixteen known species also belong to this subfamily.

Footnotes

References

* (2007): Revision of the new Australian genus "Artoriopsis" in a new subfamily of wolf spiders, Artoriinae (Araneae: Lycosidae). "Zootaxa" 1391: 1-34. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01391p034f.pdf Abstract]

ee also

* List of Lycosidae genera