Summary details for Aphileta misera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882)

Species Details

Species name: Aphileta misera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882)
Synonyms: Aphileta turbatrix (O.P.-Cambridge), Hillhousia misera (O.P.-Cambridge, 1882)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: acid & sedge peats

Distribution

A. misera is widespread on southern heathlands and in East Anglia, in a band from south-west Wales to Yorkshire, and in northern England and the Borders but the Distribution: is scattered elsewhere and the species is absent from many areas of southern England. It is a widespread, northern Holarctic species (Platnick 1998; Denis 1969).

Habitat and ecology

This spider inhabits undisturbed, acidic wetlands such as fens, mires and blanket bogs. It is commonly found in the uplands where it lives amongst low bog vegetation. Adults have been recorded throughout the year, mainly from January through to the spring and summer. In North Wales, egg-sacs have been found in June affixed within clumps of Polytrichum commune. The female stands guard over the single egg-sac.

Status

Local. Original author of profile: R.C. Gallon Text based on Harvey, P.R., Nellist, D.R. & Telfer, M.G. (eds) 2002. Provisional atlas of British spiders (Arachnida, Araneae), Volumes 1 & 2. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre.

Stats

First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 2026
Total records: 2,294
Total visits: 2,154

Conservation status

Aphileta misera

Source	Reporting category	Designation	Date designated	Comments
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)	Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelines	Least concern	01/09/2017

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