Sitka in Taxonomy

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