Sittisax ranieri (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)

Maddison, Wayne P., Maddison, David R., Derkarabetian, Shahan & Hedin, Marshal, 2020, Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini), ZooKeys 925, pp. 1-54 : 1

Sittisax ranieri (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) Figures 99-103

Attus lineolatus Grube, 1861 (junior homonym)

Sittacus ranieri Peckham & Peckham, 1909

Remarks.

The Holarctic Sittisax ranieri is a widespread boreal species, which in North America follows the high elevations of the Western Cordillera to the south, living on rocks and litter. It is dark in colour, large-bodied, and with distinctive genitalia.

Material examined.

Canada: Northwest Territories: Tuktoyaktuk (1 male); Nunavut: Baffin Island (1 female); British Columbia: Downton Creek (2 males 2 females), 49.026, -114.061 (1 male), 59.8, -127.5 (1 male), Pink Mountain (1 male); Yukon: km 72 Dempster Highway (2 males, 2 females); km 75.6 Dempster Highway (1 female); Saskatchewan: 55.27, -105.19 (2 males), Ontario: Old Woman Bay (1 female); New Brunswick: 65.336, -69.4 (6 males, 3 females); U.S.A.: Washington: Spray Park (1 males, 2 females); Oregon: 45.261, -117.178 (1 female); Colorado: 39.803, -105.782 (1 male).

Figures

Figures 89 - 103. Sitticines of Canada: the Jollas - Tomis clade, represented by the genera Attinella and Sittisax 89 - 93 Attinella concolor: 89 palp (Florida, Gainesville) 90, 91 ventral view of epigyne, dorsal view of cleared vulva (Florida, Gainesville) 92 male (Texas, 30.10, - 97.25) 93 female (Texas, 30.10, - 97.25) 94 - 98 Attinella dorsata: 94 palp (California, San Diego County) 95, 96 ventral view of epigyne, dorsal view of cleared vulva (British Columbia, Nanaimo) 97 male (California, Siskiyou County) 98 female (British Columbia, 48.870, - 123.379) 99 - 103 Sittisax ranieri: 99 palp (Northwest Territories, Tuktoyaktuk) 100, 101 ventral view of epigyne, dorsal view of cleared vulva (Nunavut, Baffin Island) 102 male (Saskatchewan, 55.27, - 105.19) 103 female (Ontario, Old Woman Bay).