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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Salsa gen. nov. female epigynes, cleared posterior view A S. fuliginata (L. Koch, 1872), comb. nov. (CVIC 173) B S. brisbanae (L. Koch, 1867), comb. nov. (AM KS. 131087) C S. canalae comb. nov. Berland, 1924, comb. nov. (WAM T 75921) D S. recherchensis (Main, 1954), comb. nov. (WAM T 77362) E S. rueda sp. nov. F S. tartara sp. nov. (AM KS. 7061). Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686604" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figs 5C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 12A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 13A-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Distribution records of Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov. in New Caledonia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686613" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 14</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2022" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus canalae" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="canalae" status="comb. nov.">Araneus canalae</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Berland, L" journalOrPublisher="Zoologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" pagination="159 - 255" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/41179" refId="B1" refString="Berland, L, 1924. Araigees de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Iles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia. Zoologie 3: 159 - 255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/41179" title="Araigees de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Iles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/41179" volume="3" year="1924">Berland 1924</bibRefCitation>
: 222, fig. 126, 127;
<bibRefCitation author="Berland, L" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" pagination="666 - 672" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/329247" refId="B2" refString="Berland, L, 1931. Sur quelques araignees envoyees de Nouvelle Caledonie par M. Risbec. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 3 (2): 666 - 672, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/329247" title="Sur quelques araignees envoyees de Nouvelle Caledonie par M. Risbec." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/329247" volume="3" year="1931">Berland 1931</bibRefCitation>
: 666;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" author="Berland, M" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" pagination="295 - 299" refId="B3" refString="Berland, M, 1932. Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell. Records of the Australian Museum 18 (6): 295 - 299, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" title="Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell." url="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" volume="18" year="1932">Berland 1932</bibRefCitation>
: 296, 298-299.
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Berland.
<bibRefCitation author="Bonnet, P" journalOrPublisher="Douladoure, Toulouse" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" refId="B4" refString="Bonnet, P, 1955. Bibliographia araneorum. 2 (1). Douladoure, Toulouse" title="Bibliographia araneorum. 2 (1)." year="1955">Bonnet 1955</bibRefCitation>
: 459.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Type specimen.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Holotype</emphasis>
female, Mount Canala (
<geoCoordinate degrees="21" direction="south" minutes="31" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-21.516666">21°31'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="165" direction="east" minutes="58" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="165.96666">165°58'E</geoCoordinate>
, New Cale-donia), F. Sarasin and J. Roux (NHMB 979a). Photographs examined.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<specimenCount type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
,
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(in 8 records)(see Suppl. material 1).
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Males of
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comb nov. shares with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">S. tartara</emphasis>
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sp. nov. two patellar setae on the pedipalp (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12C, D</figureCitation>
vs. Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Salsa tartara sp. nov., male holotype (AM KS. 70737) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686621" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">22C, D</figureCitation>
). However,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">S. canalae</emphasis>
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comb nov. is distinguished by prominent, heavily sclerotised conductor of
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sp. nov. which is short and inconspicuous in
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comb. nov. Female genitalia are most similar to those of
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comb. nov., but differ from those and other
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gen. nov. species by the epigyne scape, that is longer than the epigyne plate and exceeds its posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13C, D</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Redescription.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Male</emphasis>
(based on WAM T75922) Total length 5.5. Carapace 2.9 long, 2.5 wide, pear-shaped and pale brown, covered with short white setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.20, ALE 0.18, PME 0.13, PLE 0.11; row of eyes: AME 0.54, PME 0.47, PLE 1.22. Chelicerae yellowish brown; with four promarginal teeth (second basal largest) and three retromarginal teeth (basal largest). Legs yellowish brown mottled in pale brown, bearing thick setae on patella, tibia and metatarsus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12A, B</figureCitation>
). Leg formula I&gt; II&gt; IV&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 2.8 + 1.2 + 2.2 + 1.7 + 0.9 = 8.8, II - 2.2 + 1.0 + 1.6 + 1.6 + 0.8 = 7.2, III - 1.4 + 0.6 + 0.8 + 0.8 + 0.5 = 4.1, IV - 2.1 + 0.9 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 0.7 = 6.7. Labium 0.31 long, 0.47, and endites yellowish brown, paler anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.3 long, 0.8 wide, yellowish brown mottled dark and bearing dark brown contour (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 2.5 long, 1.8 wide, with pointed conical posterior portion after spinnerets, dorsum, sides, and venter beige mottled in grey (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12A, B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T 75922) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C left pedipalp, ventral view D left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686611" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">12C, D</figureCitation>
) length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 0.5 + 0.2 + 0.15 + 0.9 = 1.75; patella with two setae; paracymbium reduced and straight; median apophysis elongated, with a thick basal process, a notched apical section on an acute and apically curved rounded tip; conductor lobe small; terminal apophysis subrectangular, apically projected and inflated, bearing a finger-like lobe from its basis; conductor flat with sclerotised borders; embolus short and strong, very sclerotised.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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Berland, 1924, comb. nov., male (WAM T75922)
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dorsal habitus
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ventral habitus
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left pedipalp, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">D</emphasis>
left pedipalp, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C, D</emphasis>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Female</emphasis>
(based on WAM T75921): Total length 8.3. Carapace 3.5 long, 3.1 wide; dark brown and bearing long white setae throughout (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.20, ALE 0.18, PME 0.14, PLE 0.13; row of eyes: AME 0.52, PME 0.45, PLE 1.88. Chelicerae dark brown, four promarginal teeth (apical and basal largest), and three retromarginal (basal largest). Legs orange-brown, slightly darker on femur and joints (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13A, B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + tarsus = total length): 1.0 + 0.5 + 0.7 +1.1 = 3.3. Leg formula I&gt; II&gt; IV&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 3.2 + 1.4 + 2.7 + 2.4 + 1.1 = 10.8, II - 2.8 + 1.5 + 2.2 + 2.2 + 0.9 = 9.6, III - 1.9 + 0.9 + 1.0 + 1.0 + 0.7 = 5.5, IV - 2.8 + 1.2 + 2.0 + 2.1 + 0.9 = 9.0. Labium 0.54 long, 0.86 wide and endites dark brown, beige on anterior border (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.5 long, 1.5 wide and brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 5.5 long, 5.2 wide; dorsum with beige background brindled in olive-grey (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13A</figureCitation>
); sides olive-grey (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13B</figureCitation>
); venter olive-grey with two thick rounded white patches (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13B</figureCitation>
). Epigyne subquadrate with broadly rounded antero-lateral borders and wide atrium and basis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female A dorsal habitus (WAM T 75921) B ventral habitus (WAM T 75921) C epigyne, ventral view (WAM T 75921) D epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T 75923) E epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T 75923) F epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T 75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686612" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">13C, D</figureCitation>
); scape almost twice the length of epigyne base, from a slightly wide base gradually narrowing a thin section (Fig.
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); central division goblet-like, very wide anteriorly, ca. as wide as the epigyne base, and tapering basally (Fig.
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); spermathecae oval and apart by more than its diameter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Salsa gen. nov. female epigynes, cleared posterior view A S. fuliginata (L. Koch, 1872), comb. nov. (CVIC 173) B S. brisbanae (L. Koch, 1867), comb. nov. (AM KS. 131087) C S. canalae comb. nov. Berland, 1924, comb. nov. (WAM T 75921) D S. recherchensis (Main, 1954), comb. nov. (WAM T 77362) E S. rueda sp. nov. F S. tartara sp. nov. (AM KS. 7061). Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686604" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">5C</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="107" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
Only one male was available for measurements (see above); female total lengths 5.8 and 6.4 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">n</emphasis>
= 2). All our specimens were of very similar colouration, but
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" author="Berland, M" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" pagination="295 - 299" refId="B3" refString="Berland, M, 1932. Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell. Records of the Australian Museum 18 (6): 295 - 299, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" title="Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell." url="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" volume="18" year="1932">Berland (1932)</bibRefCitation>
reported numerous females with considerable colour variations, specifically of the abdomen, without providing any further detail.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="107" type="life history and habitat preferences">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Life history and habitat preferences.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">The mature male described here was found in April, mature females examined between February and June; however, specimen numbers are too small to confidently interpret the phenology of the species. There was no information on habitat with any specimen labels.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="107" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
Distributed throughout New Caledonia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Distribution records of Salsa canalae Berland, 1924, comb. nov. in New Caledonia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686613" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">14</figureCitation>
), including
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(cited in
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" author="Berland, M" journalOrPublisher="Records of the Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" pagination="295 - 299" refId="B3" refString="Berland, M, 1932. Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell. Records of the Australian Museum 18 (6): 295 - 299, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" title="Araignees recueillies en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. T. D. A. Cockerell." url="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.18.1932.732" volume="18" year="1932">Berland 1932</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figure 13.</emphasis>
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Berland, 1924, comb. nov., female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A</emphasis>
dorsal habitus (WAM T75921)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">B</emphasis>
ventral habitus (WAM T75921)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view (WAM T75921)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">D</emphasis>
epigyne variation, ventral view (WAM T75923)
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epigyne variation, lateral view (WAM T75923)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">F</emphasis>
epigyne variation, posterior view (WAM T75923). Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C-F</emphasis>
).
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</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figure 14.</emphasis>
Distribution records of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Salsa canalae</emphasis>
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Berland, 1924, comb. nov. in New Caledonia.
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