Brisbane Orb-weaver Salsa brisbanae (L. Koch, 1867)
Fauna Portal species: 6578
Salsa brisbanae male, dorsal (AM KS131086; Richmond River, New South Wales)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2022)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3053Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Castanheira 2022): Male S. brisbanae can be distinguished from all other Salsa species by the unique morphology of the pedipalp median apophysis that has a very acute, basally pointed tip (median apophysis generally rounded C-shaped in all other species). Female genitalia are probably most similar to those of S. canalae, but the scape of S. brisbanae is shorter than the epigyne plate, whereas it is longer than the plate in S. canalae.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Tasmania
- Victoria
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Publications
(2022): Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys. 1102: 107 - 148