Saltonia incerta
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Saltonia incerta is a rare spider species, only known from California
, USA, where it occurs on the shores of the Salton Sea
, and from a small island in the Gulf of California
(Sea of Cortes). All of the few collected specimen
s were collected during March and April near salt springs, salt water of salt marshes, making an intertidal habitat likely. Its colulus is similar to that of two genera of intertidal zone spiders of the family Desidae, Paratheuma and Desis.
Before it was placed into the family Dictynidae by Lehtinen in 1967, it was grouped under the family Agelenidae. Before that, it was at times considered to belong to the Clubionidae, thus living up to its species name incerta which is Latin for "uncertain".
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA, where it occurs on the shores of the Salton Sea
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in California's Imperial Valley. The lake occupies the lowest elevations of the Salton Sink in the Colorado Desert of Imperial and Riverside counties in Southern California. Like Death...
, and from a small island in the Gulf of California
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland...
(Sea of Cortes). All of the few collected specimen
Specimen
A specimen is a portion/quantity of material for use in testing, examination, or study.BiologyA laboratory specimen is an individual animal, part of an animal, a plant, part of a plant, or a microorganism, used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that species or...
s were collected during March and April near salt springs, salt water of salt marshes, making an intertidal habitat likely. Its colulus is similar to that of two genera of intertidal zone spiders of the family Desidae, Paratheuma and Desis.
Before it was placed into the family Dictynidae by Lehtinen in 1967, it was grouped under the family Agelenidae. Before that, it was at times considered to belong to the Clubionidae, thus living up to its species name incerta which is Latin for "uncertain".