Summary details for Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Details

Species name: Gongylidium rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonym: Gongylidium munda (Blackwall)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: shaded woodland floor

Distribution

The species is widespread in most of Britain except the extreme north. A Palaearctic species widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

G. rufipes occurs mainly in undergrowth and on bushes and trees in woodland but also in damp and wet situations and in a wide variety of other habitats. Adults occur mostly from early to mid-summer, with occasional adults recorded throughout the year.

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: 1860
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 5,305
Total visits: 5,227

Conservation status

Gongylidium rufipes

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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