Sibianor tantulus (Simon, 1868)

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 : 186

Sibianor tantulus (Simon, 1868)

M a t e r i a l. 1 Ơ, 1 ♀, Chernyhiv Area , Novgorod-Siverskyi Town, 52°00'27'' N, 33°17'57'' E, on the sloping right bank of the Desna River, pitfall, 5.06.1989 (Evtushenko) .

Salticid species S. tantulus has a Trans-Palearctic temperate range; from France, through C. Europe, the middle Urals and C. Siberia, east to Magadan Area, south to Tuva and C. Mongolia ( Logunov, 2000). In N. Osetiya S. tantulus specimens habitats are in steppe and young oak forests and steppe meadows ( Logunov, 2000). Our specimens were collected in dry birch forest with meadow grasses. As in case of S. larae , distribution of S. tantulus is very wide but its finds in Palearctic are small in numbers ( Logunov, 2000).

In the fauna of Ukraine S. larae and S. tantulus can be characterized as very rare species, therefore further research is needed for their finding and protection. I support Joost Vogels’ (2012) recommendation for arachnologists to verify their own and/or museum collections for clarification of S. aurocinctus , S. larae and S. tantulus distribution.