Summary details for Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836)

Species Details

Species name: Dicymbium tibiale (Blackwall, 1836)
Synonym: Dicymbium tibialis
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae

Distribution

The species is widespread throughout most of Britain, but absent from south-eastern England. It is a Palaearctic species.

Habitat and ecology

D. tibiale occurs under stones, in detritus in swampy areas, in broad-leaved and mixed woodland and on higher ground in more northerly areas (Merrett 1971). Adults have been recorded throughout most of the year, with a peak between late spring and summer.

Status

The spider is more common in the north than the south. Females may have been confused in the past with D. nigrum but males of the two species are distinct. 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: 1835
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 1,578
Total visits: 1,543

Conservation status

Dicymbium tibiale

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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