Summary details for Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851)

Species Details

Species name: Ceratinella brevipes (Westring, 1851)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: shaded woodland floor

Distribution

The species is widespread throughout Britain. It is widespread in western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

The spider is found in a variety of situations. In Leicestershire, it was found most frequently in pitfall traps in wet woodland, sphagnum and leaf litter (Crocker & Daws 1996), as well as in limestone grassland, rough grassland, hay meadows, marshy ground and reed-beds, and by sweeping cross-leaved heath. Adults have been recorded almost year-round, but most frequently from late spring to mid-summer.

Status

Common. Original author of profile: J.M. Newton 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: 1872
Last recorded: 2026
Total records: 6,126
Total visits: 5,921

Conservation status

Ceratinella brevipes

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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