Artoria victoriensis Framenau, Gotch & Austin 2005

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Artoria victoriensis as illustrated in Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2005: Male holotype from Melbourne, Vic (MV K7742): 63. habitus; 64. eye arrangement; 65. left pedipalp, ventral; 66. left pedipalp, retrolateral; 67. apical part of bulb (MV K7774, from near Baxter, Vic). Female: 68. ventral view of epigynum (MV 7741, from Kilsyth, Vic); 69. dorsal view of epigynum (MV 7740, from Yarra Valley Park, Vic). Scale bar: (63) 1.18 mm, (64) 1.01 mm, (65-66) 0.38 mm, (67) 0.27 mm, (68-69) 0.33 mm.

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Systematics and Taxonomy

Artoria victoriensis Framenau,Gotch & Austin 2005: ##-##, Figs. 63-70.

Types

Holotype:

• Male, Melbourne [37°49’S, 144°58’E, Victoria], 8.x.1956, A Neboiss (Museum Victoria, MV K7742).

Paratypes

• Female, Kilsyth [37°48’S 145°19’E, Victoria], 11.x.1981, on fence, M. E. Roberts (MV K7741).).

Distribution

Artoria victoriensis is most common in temperate Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. It is very common in suburban Adelaide and Melbourne.

Biology

Open, moderately moist habitats.

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