Eastern Sooty Orb-weaver Salsa rueda Framenau & Castanheira, 2022
Fauna Portal species: 11267
Salsa rueda male, dorsal (MV K-14856; Tubrabucca, New South Wales)
Image: Framenau & Castanheira (2022; fig. 19A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3101Diagnosis
(after Framenau & Castanheira 2022): Males of S. rueda are identified from all other species of the genus by the highly elongated median apophysis of the pedipalp and the enlarged basal, curved prong on the terminal apophysis. Females can be distinguished from all other species by shape of the epigyne base, which is much longer than wide and has a central longitudinal ridge.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2022): Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys. 1102: 107 - 148