Sitka in Taxonomy
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
The purpose of this page is to list species that have been named for Sitka or whose type specimen was collected near Sitka.
Names:
Plants
- Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
- Sitka Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis)
- Alaska Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum sitchense)
- Sitka Alder (Alnus viridis sinuata)
- Bromus sitchensis var. sitchensis Trin.
- Romanzoffia sitchensis Bong
- Sorbus sitchensis var. sitchensis
- Cryptogramma sitchensis (Rupr.) T. Moore
- Stellaria borealis ssp. sitchana
- Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong
- Juncus falcatus ssp. sitchensis (Buch.) Hultén -- accepted -- Chilean rush
- Sanguisorba sitchensis C.A. Mey. -- not accepted
- Sorbus sitchensis var. sitchensis M. Roemer -- accepted -- Sitka mountain ash
- Valeriana sitchensis sitchensis Bong. -- accepted
Animals
- Sitka Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis)
- Sitka Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus sitkensis)
- Heptacarpus sitchensis (Brandt, 1851)
- Littorina sitkana Philippi, 1846
- Aeshna sitchensis Hagen, 1861 -- valid -- Zigzag Darner
- Cryptolithodes sitchensis Brandt, 1853 -- valid -- umbrella crab
- Heptacarpus sitchensis (Brandt, 1851) -- valid -- Sitka coastal shrimp
- Limnephilus sitchensis (Kolenati, 1859) -- valid
- Phytomyza sitchensis Griffiths, 1973 -- valid
- Pissodes sitchensis Hopkins, 1911 -- invalid
- Pseudohylesinus sitchensis Swaine, 1917 -- valid
- Bromus sitchensis Trin. -- accepted -- Alaska brome
- Carex sitchensis Prescott ex Bong. -- not accepted
- Coilodesme sitchensis -- accepted
- Bombus sitkensis Nylander, 1848 -- valid
- Dendragapus obscurus sitkensis Swarth, 1921 -- valid
- Loxia curvirostra sitkensis Grinnell, 1909 -- invalid
- Peromyscus sitkensis Merriam, 1897 -- valid -- Sitka mouse
- Picoides villosus sitkensis (Swarth, 1911) -- valid
- Tonicella sitkensis (Middendorff, 1846) -- valid
- Ursus arctos sitkensis Merriam, 1896 -- valid
Types:
Plants
- Castilleja parviflora (type specimen from Harbor Mountain (possibly Gavan Hill?), Sitka) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5522710
Insects
- Listemus acuminatus https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54815#page/733/mode/1up ('insula Sitkha')
- Lioon simplicipes https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54815#page/728/mode/1up ('insula Sitkha')
- Cucujus clavipes ssp puniceus https://www.jstor.org/stable/23048008?seq=1
- Laemophloeus longicornis (now Cryptolestes pusillus) https://bugguide.net/node/view/612591 https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/27412/Shockley%20%26%20Thomas%202015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y