First record of the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae and the genus Artoria from China (Araneae: Lycosidae) Author Li, Zongxu Author Framenau, Volker W. Author Zhang, Zhi-Sheng text Zootaxa 2012 3235 35 44 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.280404 e505422e-007e-42e8-aa03-7101d29f465d 1175-5326 280404 Artoria ligulacea ( Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009 ) comb. nov. ( Figs 4–6 ) Hygrolycosa ligulacea Qu, Peng and Yin, 2009 : 71 , figs 1a–c, 2a–d (Male holotype , male and female paratypes from Old Pass of Dasheyao Village, Baoshan City of Yunnan, China , 24°57ˏN, 98°45ˏE, alt. 2300 m , 26–31 October 1998 , C. Griswold et al. leg., deposited in HUN and CAS, not examined). Diagnosis. The species group of Artoria with similar morphology includes A. howquaensis Framenau, 2002 , A. palustris and A. parvula . Artoria ligulacea can be distinguished from these by severely curved embolus tip counter clockwise, an apical impression of the tegulum in which the embolus tip rests ( Figs 4 E–F, 5A, 5C), and by the epigyne with a narrow atrium and strong spermathecae ( Figs 4 H, 5D). Redescription. Male (SWUC-Ar Ly1001-1) ( Figs 4 A, 4C–D). Total length 4.10. Prosoma 2.30 long, 1.64 wide; opisthosoma 1.80 long, 1.41 wide. Carapace brown, with light brown submarginal bands; eye region black; median band light brown; radial pattern indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.07, PME 0.25, PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.26, PME–PLE 0.36. Clypeus height 0.14. Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Labium dark drown. Endites light yellow brown. Sternum light yellow-brown, with light median strip. Leg measurements: I 5.20 (1.48, 1.93, 1.10, 0.69); II 5.12 (1.44, 1.81, 1.19, 0.68); III 4.88 (1.39, 1.51, 1.17, 0.81); IV 6.71 (1.77, 2.22, 1.85, 0.87). Leg formula: 4123. Legs uniformly light yellow, with black annulations. Opisthosoma dark brown, with lanceolate cardiac mark in anterior half; venter of opisthosoma and spinnerets light yellow. Male pedipalp ( Figs 4 E–F, 5A, 5C). Embolus with curved tip, resting in a tegular impression and terminal apophysis with a retrolaterally pointy protrusion, and functions as conductor. Median apophysis big, with thin stalk and inflated, somewhat bifurcated terminal part; one branch blunt and broad, the other folded ventrally. Female (SWUC-Ar Ly1001-2) ( Fig. 4 B). Total length 4.51. Prosoma 2.47 long, 1.69 wide; opisthosoma 2.04 long, 1.64 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.09, PME 0.29, PLE 0.20; AME–AME 0.09, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 0.21, PME–PLE 0.37. Clypeus height 0.14. Leg measurements: I 5.23 (1.48, 1.87, 1.15, 0.73); II 5.06 (1.47, 1.77, 1.11, 0.71); III 5.15 (1.41, 1.67, 1.33, 0.74); IV 8.30 (2.85, 2.34, 2.12, 0.99). Leg formula: 4132. Coloration and pattern similar to that of male. Epigyne ( Figs 4 H–I, 5D–E) simple. Atrium wider than long, with strengthened posterior margin. Copulatory openings small, on lateral margins of atrium. Spermathecae strong and L-shaped. Spermathecal organs small. Variation. Female (male) range, mean ± SD. TL, 4.18–4.51, 4.3 ± 0.18; AL, 2.04–2.47, 2.28 ± 0.22; CW, 1.49–1.71, 1.61 ± 0.12; n= 3 (TL, 4.10–4.20, 4.15 ± 0.07, CL, 2.24–2.30, 2.27 ± 0.04, CW, 1.57–1.64, 1.60 ± 0.05; n=2) Material examined. 2 males and 3 females (SWUC-Ar Ly1001), China , Yunnan Province, Baoshan Prefecture, Longyang District, Lujiang Town, Dasheyao Bealock, 24°55′36.30″N, 98°45′6.72″E, alt. 2363m , 14 February 2011 , Z.X. Li & L.Y. Wang leg ( SWUC ); 34 males , 40 females and 1 juvenile ( CAS 9043841), same data as the holotype and paratypes (Yunnan, Baoshan Prefectrue, Tengchong County, Luoshuidong, pass over Gaoligong Mountains, 28 km directly E of Tengchong, native forest, 24°57′N , 98°45′E , alt. 2300m , 26–31 October 1998 , C. Griswold & D. Kavanaugh & C.L. Long leg.) (deposited in CAS , examined by Mr. Luis Piacentini). Distribution. China (Yunnan), north of the Tropic of Cancer ( Fig. 6 ). Biology. The species was found in moist lawn near primary forests. FIGURE 4. Artoria ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Eyes, frontal view; D. Male carapace, lateral view; E. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; F. Male left pedipalp, ventral view; G. same, retrolateral; H. Epigyne, ventral view; I. Internal genitalia, dorsal view. FIGURE 5. Artoria ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan. A. Male left pedipalp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Apical part of bulb, ventral view; D. Epigyne, ventral view; E. Internal genitalia, dorsal view. Remarks. Artoria ligulacea was originally described in Hygrolycosa Dahl, 1908 based on the presence of 4 prolateral spines of tibia I ( Qu et al. 2009 ), but somatic characters have often been shown unreliable in wolf spider taxonomy and systematics (Framenau 2007; Lehtinen 2005 ). Detailed examination of the specimens of the same locality suggest H . ligulacea is originally misplaced. The presence of a basoembolic apophysis suggests that this species belongs to Artoriinae and male genital characters, particularly the shape of basoembolic apophysis and median apophysis, support the placement of this species in Artoria .