Summary details for Clubiona subtilis L. Koch, 1867

Species Details

Species name
Clubiona subtilis L. Koch, 1867
Synonym
Clubiona pallens not Hahn Blackwall, 1861
Taxonomy
Animalia :: Araneae :: Clubionidae
habitat
acid & sedge peats

Distribution

The species is widespread in East Anglia, near the coast in Wales and south-eastern England, and on southern heathlands, but records elsewhere are very scattered, to as far north as the South Ebudes.

Habitat and ecology

A wetland species of fens, bogs, wet meadows and coastal habitats such as Phragmites dykes, saltmarsh edge and tidal litter, which paradoxically also occurs in sand dunes. Little is known of the ecology of this species. Adults of both sexes have been recorded almost throughout the year, but mainly in spring/early summer and the autumn.

Status

Local, but the spider may be frequent in wet habitats, especially fens and marshes in the south. Original author of profile: J.R. Bell 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
1,719
Total visits
1,646

Conservation status

Clubiona subtilis
SourceReporting categoryDesignationDate designatedComments
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelinesLeast concern01/09/2017

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Temporal distribution - records by week