Artoriopsis expolita (L. Koch, 1877)

Male and female of Artoriopsis expolita [as illustrated in L. Koch (1877a)]. Cephalothorax length male and female 4 mm.

Systematics and Taxonomy

Lycosa expolita L. Koch, 1877a: 917-919, plate 79, Figs 4, 4A, 5, 5A.
Lycosa expolita L. Koch.- Hogg, 1900: 77.
Lycosa expolita L. Koch.- Rainbow, 1911: 267.
Avicosa expolita (L. Koch).- Roewer, 1955c: 236.
Lycosa expolita L. Koch.- Bonnet, 1957: 2641.
Schizocosa expolita (L. Koch).- McKay, 1973: 381.
Trochosa expolita expolita (L. Koch).- McKay, 1979e: 286-288, Figs 3B-F, J-M.
Trochosa expolita (L. Koch).- McKay, 1985b: 86.
Trochosa expolita (L. Koch).- Platnick, 1989: 391.

Artoriopsis expolita (L. Koch).- Framenau, 2007a

Types

Syntypes:

L. Koch (1877a) lists a syntype male from Port Denison [= Bowen, 20°00’S, 148°14’E, Queensland] ('passed on by Mr Eugene Simon'), and three female syntypes from Brisbane ('in the Museum of Troyes, passed on by Mr. Jules Ray').

1 male, Brisbane [27°28’S, 153°01’E, Queensland] (British Museum of Natural History, London: BMNH1919.9.18.337) (McKay, 1979e).(The locality 'Brisbane' for the male syntype does not match the information given by L. Koch, 1877a)
3 specimens, Brisbane [27°28’S, 153°01’E, Queensland] (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Troyes) (G. Ghislain, pers. comm.).

Identification

Females (B-F) and details fo male pedipalp (J-M) of Trochosa expolita [as illustrated in McKay (1979e)]. Cephalothorax length females 2.3 - 4.0 mm, males 3.4 - 4 mm.

Distribution

McKay (1985b) states 'NE coastal, SE coastal, Qld., Vic.'

Biological Reference

Abundant on short grass, pastures and suburbans lawns; burrow is a shallow retreat among grass roots (McKay, 1979e).

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