Sittilong

Sittilong
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Sittilong
Prószyński, 2017[1]
Species: S. longipes
Binomial name
Sittilong longipes
(Canestrini, 1873)[1]

Sittilong is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). As of September 2017, it has only one species, Sittilong longipes,[1] found in Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland. It is native to Alps.[2]

Taxonomy

Sittilong is one of a number of genera that were split off from the broadly defined genus Sitticus by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016 and 2017. Sittilong was erected in 2017, with the type species Attus longipes.[1] The generic name is derived from the first parts of the generic and specific names of Sitticus longipes, the name used for the type species before transfer to Sittiflor.[3]

Species

As of September 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Sittilong longipes (Canestrini, 1873) – Europe

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Sittilong Prószyński, 2017", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-09-03
  2. ↑ Distribution
  3. ↑ Prószyński, J. (2017), "Revision of the genus Sitticus Simon, 1901 s.l. (Araneae: Salticidae)", Ecologica Montenegrina, 10: 35–50


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