Artoria lycosimorpha


Artoria lycosimorpha is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Simonstown Artoria wolf spider.

Distribution

Artoria lycosimorpha is known only from the type locality at Simonstown in the Western Cape, at an elevation of 125 m.

Habitat

The species is a free-running ground dweller sampled from the Fynbos biome.

Conservation

Artoria lycosimorpha is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The species is known only from a juvenile, and additional sampling is needed to collect adults and determine the species' range.

Taxonomy

The species was described by Embrik Strand in 1909 from Simonstown. Framenau regarded the species as incertae sedis. The holotype is housed at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany.