Sibianor larae Logunov, 2000

Evtushenko, K. V., 2015, The First Record Of The Salticid Spiders Sibianor Larae And S. Tantulus (Aranei, Salticidae) In Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (2), pp. 185-186 : 185

Sibianor larae Logunov, 2000

M a t e r i a l. 1 Ơ, Volyn Area, Shatsky National Nature Park, Shatsk District , Svityaz Vil., 51°28'33'' N, 23°47'37'' E, sphagnum bog, pitfall, 29.05.1990 (Evtushenko); 1 ♀, Chernyhiv Area , Ripky district , Grybova Rudnya Vil., 51°56'54'' N, 31°08'10'' E, swamped pine-birch forest, on the sphagnum hummock, 31.06.1985 (Evtushenko) .

Salticid spider S. larae is a Palearctic species ( Platnick, 2014). In the first description D. Logunov (2000) characterized this species as Euro-Siberian temperate species distributed in Fennoscandia and Estonia, through the middle Urals and Siberia, eastward to Sakhalin ( Logunov, 2000). Also S. larae was registered in Belgium ( Keer van et al., 2010), Sweden ( Logunov, 2000; Almquist, 2006), Germany ( Keer van et al., 2010; Staudt, 2011), Netherlands ( Vogels, 2012). Notably, the specimens of the species were mainly found in dry open biotopes: semi-shrubby meadow, low-lying meadow, sheep-grazed wet heath, dry heath etc. ( Logunov, 2000; Vogels 2012). Both specimens were found on sphagnum of the wet bog and in the shaded pine-birch forest. Although the species habitat is vast, the finds of S. larae specimens are rare and small in numbers ( Logunov, 2000; Vogels, 2012). In Belgium, Germany and Netherlands S. larae was characterized as a rare species ( Vogels, 2012).