Summary details for Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841)

Species Details

Species name: Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841)
Synonym: Centromerus sylvatica
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: shaded woodland floor

Distribution

The species is widespread in much of Britain, but very scattered in the west and some other areas. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

C. sylvaticus is generally regarded as preferring moss and grass in woodland. However it has been recorded from a wide variety of habitats including grassland, heathland, marsh, peat bog and waterside vegetation (Crocker & Daws 1996) and it may be frequent in rough grassland in Essex (P.R. Harvey, pers. comm.). Adult females have been recorded throughout the year but both sexes peak in the autumn and winter. Pitfall trapping in a mature chestnut coppice (Russell-Smith & Swann 1972) and on a site at Spurn Point periodically flooded by the sea (Sudd 1974) also showed the males to be winter active.

Status

Common. Original author of profile: D.R. Nellist 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: 1895
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 2,908
Total visits: 2,861

Conservation status

Centromerus sylvaticus

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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