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,
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, leg. H.A. Spencer, BMNH—examined by
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);
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FF2AFB9B354EFB66" bold="true" box="[151,275,1149,1174]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
see
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above.
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See
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for description of both sexes. General appearance of females in
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and
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and males in
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FF7AFB033560FB0D" bold="true" box="[199,317,1253,1277]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Remarks:</emphasis>
The recently redescribed and illustrated
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FCAEFB03379BFB0D" box="[787,966,1253,1277]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Corinna natalis</emphasis>
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is a very large corinnine spider (
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) that shares a number of characters with
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FD24FAEE373CFAEF" box="[665,865,1288,1311]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Messapus martini</emphasis>
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and other undescribed
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, as detailed in the generic description above. Particularly, the similarities in leg spination, abdominal sclerotisation and male palpal morphology, together with support from the phylogenetic analyses (
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), confirms that
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is congeneric with
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, and its transfer to
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is hereby proposed.
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New records:
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:
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: iSimangaliso Wetlands Park, Cape Vidal,
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,
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, leg. A. Leroy, J. Leroy &amp; L. Prendini,
<date id="FFCC1393FF89FFA1FD02FA553766FA3B" box="[703,827,1459,1483]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1992-04-18">18.IV.1992</date>
(thick silk retreats over holes in tree trunks), 23 1Ƥ (NCA 2007/1141); Ndumo Game Reserve, Main Camp, Broadleaf woodland,
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,
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, leg. C. Haddad,
<date id="FFCC1393FF89FFA1FF40FA113525F9FF" box="[253,376,1527,1551]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2009-12-05">5.XII.2009</date>
(in silk retreat in
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FDFBFA1E374CF9E0" box="[582,785,1528,1552]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Strynchos spinosa</emphasis>
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tree), 1Ƥ (NCA 2010/2743); same locality, Shokwe Pan,
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,
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,
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a.s.l., leg. A. Kirk-Spriggs,
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(Malaise traps), 13 (NCA 2010/ 2749).
<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FF5AF9DB3521F9A5" box="[231,380,1597,1621]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Mpumulanga</emphasis>
: Nelspruit district, Crocodile River Gorge,
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,
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, leg. A. Leroy,
<date id="FFCC1393FF89FFA1FB66F9DA3106F9A4" box="[1243,1371,1596,1620]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2007-11-18">18.XI.2007</date>
(hole in tree with strong papery silk covering hole), 1Ƥ (NCA 2008/2911).
<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FC78F9863074F987" box="[965,1065,1632,1655]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Limpopo</emphasis>
: Soutpansberg Mountains, Vivo district,
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Mountain Retreat,
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,
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,
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a.s.l., leg. C. Haddad,
<date id="FFCC1393FF89FFA1FB07F9673114F969" box="[1210,1353,1665,1689]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2008-02-03" valueMax="2008-02-11" valueMin="2008-02-03">311.II.2008</date>
(under bark, Afromontane forest), 13 (MPEG 19101).
<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FD51F945379CF94C" bold="true" box="[748,961,1699,1724]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<collectingCountry id="F36575C3FF89FFA1FD51F94537E1F94C" box="[748,956,1699,1724]" name="Mozambique" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">MOZAMBIQUE</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
Bilene, Praia do Bilene,
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,
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,
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a.s.l., leg. C. Haddad, R. Lyle &amp; R. Fourie,
<date id="FFCC1393FF89FFA1FCD5F92037ACF92E" box="[872,1009,1734,1758]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="2007-12-20">20.XII.2007</date>
(leaf litter, coastal forest), 1Ƥ (NCA 2008/211).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36866D8FF89FFA1FF7AF8EC30A9F8B5" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FF7AF8EC353FF8D3" bold="true" box="[199,354,1802,1827]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Distribution:</emphasis>
Previously known only from the KwaZulu-Natal Province,
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(
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). Newly recorded from the Mpumulanga and Limpopo Provinces, and from southern
<collectingCountry id="F36575C3FF89FFA1FC4DF8CB30D9F8B5" box="[1008,1156,1837,1861]" name="Mozambique" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36866D8FF89FFA1FF7AF8A93622F801" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BCD3553FF89FFA1FF7AF8A93622F801" blockId="19.[151,1437,1149,2033]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FF7AF8A93577F898" bold="true" box="[199,298,1871,1896]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Biology:</emphasis>
The biology of this species was briefly discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE348A2FF89FFA1FC39F8A9306DF897" author="Haddad" box="[900,1072,1871,1895]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Haddad, C. R. (2005) A redescription of Corinna natalis Pocock, 1898 (Araneae, Corinnidae), Africa's largest dark sac spider, with natural history notes. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology, 2, 27 - 32." type="journal article" year="2005">Haddad (2005)</bibRefCitation>
. This species constructs a silken retreat in fissures of bark or cerambycid exit holes in the trunks of trees (
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). The structure of the retreat is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B906E941FF89FFA1FEE1F8703589F85D" box="[348,468,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. martini</emphasis>
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, described above, comprising a silk mat covering the substrate surface, a mat closing the two opposite walls of the fissure, a folded silk opening on the upper side of the retreat, and an attachment line extending to the substrate above the retreat.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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