Artoriopsis

Taxobox
name = "Artoriopsis"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Lycosidae
subfamilia = Artoriinae
genus = "Artoriopsis"
genus_authority = Framenau, 2007
diversity_link = List of Lycosidae species#Artoriopsis
diversity = 7 species
type_species = "Lycosa expolita"
type_species_authority = L. Koch, 1877
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Artoriopsis" is a genus of wolf spiders that is endemic to Australia.

Their body size ranges from 3 to 11 mm, with males smaller than females. They appear to prefer open, vegetated or sandy areas of moderate humidity.

Distribution

Although "A. anacardium" is found in the tropical north of Australia, "Artoriopsis" is most diverse in the southern half of the continent.

pecies

* "Artoriopsis anacardium" Framenau, 2007 — Northern Territory, Queensland
* "Artoriopsis eccentrica" Framenau, 2007 — Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
* "Artoriopsis expolita" (L. Koch, 1877) — Australia, Tasmania
* "Artoriopsis joergi" Framenau, 2007 — Western Australia, South Australia
* "Artoriopsis klausi" Framenau, 2007 — South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria
* "Artoriopsis melissae" Framenau, 2007 — Queensland to Tasmania
* "Artoriopsis whitehouseae" Framenau, 2007 — Queensland, New South Wales

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]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".