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<mods:title>Revision of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Salsa (Araneae, Araneidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/5D907A83-BDB5-48E0-B976-0B993B9D94C2" authority="Framenau &amp; Castanheira, 2022" authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Araneidae" genus="Salsa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Salsa rueda" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rueda" status="sp. nov.">Salsa rueda</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Life images of Salsa gen. nov. species A-D S. fuliginata (L. Koch, 1872), comb. nov. A male, Brymer Park, Hamilton, New Zealand, North Island B male, Flagstaff, Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand C female, Rotorua North, Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand D male, Ringwood East, Victoria, Australia (WAM T 100137) E S. recherchensis (Main, 1954), comb. nov., female, Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia (WAM T 81440). Images: A-C Bryce McQuillan D, E V. W. Framenau." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686600" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figs 1B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 3A-D</figureCitation>
<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">, 5E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 19A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 20A-E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Distribution records of Salsa rueda sp. nov. and Salsa tartara sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686620" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">, 21</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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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>
male, Tubrabucca (
<geoCoordinate degrees="31" direction="south" minutes="52" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-31.866667">31°52'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="151" direction="east" minutes="25" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="151.41667">151°25'E</geoCoordinate>
, New South Wales, Australia), 19 January 1049, RTMP, ANB (MV K-14856).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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<specimenCount type="male">6 males</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">14 females</specimenCount>
(1 with egg sac),
<specimenCount type="juvenile">1 juvenile</specimenCount>
(in 15 records) (see Suppl. material 1).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and refers to a specific
<taxonomicName authorityName="Framenau &amp; Castanheira" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Araneidae" genus="Salsa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Salsa" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Salsa</taxonomicName>
dancing style, Rueda de Casino, in which changing pairs of dancers from a circle and dance moves are being called out by a single person. It is a noun in apposition.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figure 19.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., male holotype (MV K-14856)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A</emphasis>
dorsal habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">B</emphasis>
ventral habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C</emphasis>
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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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of
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sp. nov. 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 (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19C</figureCitation>
). 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 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20A</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Male</emphasis>
(based on holotype, MV K-14856). Total length 6.1. Carapace 3.3 long, 2.6 wide, brown, slightly paler in cephalic area and posteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.16, ALE 0.14, PME 0.09, PLE 0.09; row of eyes: AME 0.47, PME 0.43, PLE 1.37. Chelicerae orange-brown; with four promarginal teeth (basal and apical largest) and three retromarginal teeth (basal largest). Legs shades of brown, femora basally yellow-brown in legs II, III and IV (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19A, B</figureCitation>
). Leg formula I&gt; II&gt; IV&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.5 + 1.5 + 2.8 + 2.6 + 1.0 = 12.4, II - 3.0 + 1.4 + 2.0 + 2.4 + 0.9 = 9.7, III - 1.7 + 0.9 + 1.2 + 1.2 + 0.6 = 5.6, IV - 2.6 + 1.1 + 1.8 + 2.2 + 0.8 = 8.5. Labium 0.36 long, 0.56, brown; endites brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.5 long, 1.2 wide, dark brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 2.7 long, 2.6 wide, dorsal folium uniformly olive-grey bordered by broad wavy pale bands (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19A</figureCitation>
); venter dark olive-grey with two ovoid lateral white patches (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + cymbium = total length): 0.6 + 0.2 + 0.1 + 1.1 = 2.0; paracymbium slightly curved with conspicuous base (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19D</figureCitation>
); median apophysis bearing a rounded basal process, elongated C-shaped; basal arch with numerous tubercles (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19C</figureCitation>
); conductor lobe broad (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19C</figureCitation>
); terminal apophysis sub-rectangular with a curved, heavily sclerotised basal prong (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19C</figureCitation>
); conductor heavily sclerotised, spatulate (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Salsa rueda sp. nov., expanded left pedipalp of male holotype (MV K- 14856) A ventral view B baso-ventral view C apico-ventral view D apical view. Arrow in A, B points to the tubercle on median apophysis arch. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686602" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">3A-C</figureCitation>
,
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); embolus strong and slightly sinuous (Figs
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,
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Figure 20.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Salsa rueda</emphasis>
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sp. nov., female (AM KS.50201)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A</emphasis>
dorsal habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">B</emphasis>
ventral habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">D</emphasis>
epigyne, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">E</emphasis>
epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">C-E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Female</emphasis>
(based on AM KS.50201): Total length 10.5. Carapace 4.2 long, 3.5 wide; reddish brown, slightly paler in cephalic area and posteriorly, covered by white setae specifically in cephalic area (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20A</figureCitation>
). Eye diameter AME 0.18, ALE 0.16, PME 0.13, PLE 0.11; row of eyes: AME 0.54, PME 0.52, PLE 2.18. Chelicerae reddish brown, four promarginal teeth (apical and second basal largest) and three retromarginal teeth (basal largest). Legs orange-brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20A, B</figureCitation>
). Pedipalp length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + tarsus = total length): 1.1 + 0.4 + 0.7 + 1.3 = 3.5. Leg formula I&gt; II&gt; IV&gt; III; length of segments (femur + patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus = total length): I - 4.0 + 1.7 + 3.5 + 3.3 + 1.2 = 13.7, II - 3.7 + 1.6 + 2.8 + 2.9 + 1.1 = 12.1, III - 2.5 + 1.1 + 1.4 + 1.5 + 0.8 = 7.3, IV - 3.5 + 1.6 + 2.2 + 2.6 + 1.0 = 10.9. Labium 0.58 long, 0.86 wide, dark brown; endites dark brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20B</figureCitation>
). Sternum 1.8 long, 1.6 wide, dark reddish brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20B</figureCitation>
). Abdomen 6.0 long, 6.0 wide; dorsum beige with indistinct darker folium pattern (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20A</figureCitation>
); venter black and laterally with elongate white patches and pale transverse band behind epigastric furrow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20B</figureCitation>
). Epigyne much longer than wide; atrium with central elevated section and a transverse ridge anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20C</figureCitation>
); scape shorter than half the length of epigyne base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20C, D</figureCitation>
); central division a conspicuous narrow ridge (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20E</figureCitation>
). Spermathecae rounded and located on the basis of the genitalia, separated by the width of the median ridge (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">5E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="107" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
Total length males 6.0-6.8 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">n</emphasis>
= 5); females 7.2-10.5 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">n</emphasis>
= 4). The colour variations in
<taxonomicName genus="S." lsidName="S. rueda" order="Araneida" pageId="0" pageNumber="107" rank="species" species="rueda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">S. rueda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are probably the most uniform with the patterns in the folium often little expressed (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Salsa rueda sp. nov., male holotype (MV K- 14856) 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.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686618" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">19A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Salsa rueda sp. nov., female (AM KS. 50201) A dorsal habitus B ventral habitus C epigyne, ventral view D epigyne, lateral view E epigyne, posterior view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686619" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">20A</figureCitation>
). There was no evidence of scape breakage in any of the females examined by us.
</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">Specimens were collected in December and January, with a single female from March, indicating this species to be summer-mature. There was no habitat information on any of the specimen labels.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="107" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="107">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">Salsa rueda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. were found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Distribution records of Salsa rueda sp. nov. and Salsa tartara sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1102.82388.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/686620" pageId="0" pageNumber="107">21</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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