The spiders of Québec: update, additions and corrections
Author
Paquin, Pierre
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
text
Zootaxa
2006
1133
1
37
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273386
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273386
Sciastes extremus
Holm 1967
(
Figs 31–32
)
Material examined.—
Canada
:
Québec
: MontAlbert, La HauteGaspésie, Parc de la Gaspésie, Lac Pelletier [
48°55’N
,
66°02’W
]
10.18.viii.1994
, pitfall in
Picea
bog, elevation: 610 meters, 1ɗ, F. Landry (
CPAD
).
Diagnosis.—
This species resembles
S. dubius
but differs from the latter by the shape of the embolus tip (E) (
Fig. 31
), the pointed anterior radical process (ARP) (
Fig. 31
), and the shape of the palpal tibial apophysis (PTA) (
Fig. 32
).
Distribution.—
Previously known from
Greenland
(
Holm 1967
) and from only one North American record in Washington (
Crawford 1988
). See also
Millidge (1984)
.
Remark.—
The Parc de la Gaspésie is known to harbour relict and disjunct populations of spiders with Arctic distributions (see
Paquin
et al
. 2000
, Paquin & LeSage 2001). This new record for
Canada
is an important mention for the enigmatic distribution of this species. We were unable to locate a female for illustration.