Synageles canadensis Cutler 1988

Paquin, Pierre & Dupérré, Nadine, 2006, The spiders of Québec: update, additions and corrections, Zootaxa 1133, pp. 1-37 : 23

Synageles canadensis Cutler 1988

( Figs 47–52 )

Material examined.— Canada: Québec: Baie­James (Jamésie): 112 km N LaSarre [49°43’N, 79°02’W] 22.–29.vi.1997, flight interception trap in a burned Black spruce forest, 1Ψ, P. Paquin & N. Dupérré ( CPAD).

Diagnosis.— Males are diagnosed by a rather short, spine­like embolus (E) ( Fig. 47 ) and the configuration of the retrolateral apophyses (RTA) ( Figs 48–49 ). Females are characterised by a posterior projecting flap (arrow, Fig. 50 ) and the position of the rounded spermathecae (S) ( Figs 50–52 ).

Distribution.— A boreal species found in Canada from British Columbia to Nova Scotia with one record form Northern Michigan ( Cutler 1988).

Remark.— Two immature specimens of the genus were observed in an old growth Black Spruce forest near the locality given above. Cutler (1988) suggested that S. canadensis may be an arboreal species, but that statement is not supported by the present record and observation. The occurrence of the species in Québec was suspected by Hutchinson & Bélanger (1994) and it is confirmed here.

Figures

FIGURES 41 – 52. 41 – 46. Pellenes montanus. 41, abdomen of male, dorsal view; 42, abdomen of female, dorsal view, 43, palpus of male, ventral view; 44, palpal tibia of male, retrolateral view; 45, epigynum, ventral view; 46 spermathecae, dorsal view. 47 – 52. Synageles canadensis. 47, palpus of male, ventral view; 48, palpal tibia of male, retrolateral view; 49, palpal tibia of male, prolateral view; 50, epigynum, ventral view; 51, spermathecae, ventral view; 52, spermathecae, dorsal view.