Sittisax ranieri (Peckham & Peckham, 1909)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark to blackish brown. Ocular area black. Clypeus medium to blackish brown. Chelicerae and sternum dark brown. Legs yellowish brown to dark brown, except lighter metatarsi and tarsi. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark grey-brown, with a pair of light spots, sides brown yellowish, venter light to yellowish grey.
Body length male: 4.3-5.4 mmFemale
Colouration lighter than in males, mostly reddish brown.
Body length female: 6.1-6.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Maddison et al. 2020)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Tibial apophysis, ventral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Leg I
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Epigyne
(Maddison et al. 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kronestedt & Logunov 2001)
Vulva
(Maddison et al. 2020)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 
Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Kronestedt T, Logunov D V (2001) On the separation of Sitticus ranieri Peckham & Peckham and S. saxicola (C. L. Koch) (Araneae: Salticidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108: 463-481
Maddison W P, Maddison D R, Derkarabetian S, Hedin M (2020) Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini). ZooKeys 925: 1-54
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2