Taxonomic revision of the wolf spider genus Artoria (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae) from Northern Territory and Queensland, with additions to the fauna of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

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  Taxonomic revision of the wolf spider genus Artoria (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae) from Northern Territory and Queensland, with additions to the fauna of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory Abstract Artoria Thorell, 1877 is revised for the Northern Territory and Queensland. Three species are recorded from the Northern Territory: A. parvula Thorell, 1877 (♂♀, type species), A. superelliptica sp. (♀) and A. vectis sp. Nov. (♂♀). Twenty-seven species (including 18 new ones) are recorded from Queensland: A. albopilata (Urquhart, 1893) (♂♀), A. berenice (L. Koch, 1877) (♂♀), A. bicornuta sp. nov. (♂), A. catinata sp. nov. (♂♀), A. coclearia sp. nov. (♂♀), A. cunicularia sp. nov. (♂♀), A. geniculata sp. ( ♂♀), A. globula sp. nov. (♂♀), A. grahammilledgei Framenau & Baehr, 2018 (♂♀), A . halterata sp. nov. (♀), A. hamifera sp. ( ♂♀), A. laciniata sp. nov. (♀), A. lineata (L. Koch, 1877) (♂♀), A. lingulata sp. nov. (♂♀), A. mckayi Framenau, 2002 (♂♀), A. nasuta sp....

One more remarkable new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber associated to the extant family Buthidae (Scorpiones: Buthoidea)

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One more remarkable new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber associated to the extant family Buthidae (Scorpiones: Buthoidea)

Abstract

The study of a new scorpion specimen from Cretaceous Burmite leads to the descriptions of a new genus and species which once again can be associated to the buthoid lineage and to the family Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837. The new species shows quite distinct characters, particularly a telson with a rounded-shape, absence of a sub-aculear tooth and the presence of a pseudo annular ring, which is uncommon among buthids in general. Several of its features can associate the new genus to some extant genera such as Butheolus Simon, 1882 and Hottentotta Birula, 1908. The discovery of this new genus and species confirms, once again, the existence of buthid elements within the Burmite fauna.

Lourenço W. R. & Velten J., 2025. – Un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce remarquable de scorpion fossile de l’ambre Crétacé de Birmanie associés à la famille actuelle des Buthidae (Scorpiones : Buthoidea). Faunitaxys, 13(35): 1 – 6.