Summary details for Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)

Species Details

Species name: Hilaira excisa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: acid & sedge peats

Distribution

H. excisa occurs in the wetter, northern and western parts of Britain. It is absent from most of south-eastern England, rarely found in areas with less than 700 mm rainfall per year. This species is exclusively European (Platnick 1998) and is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

This spider is found amongst low plant growth in a variety of wetland habitats (seeps, reed-beds, alder carr and marshes). It may also be found in damp, broad-leaved woodland amongst Chrysosplenium oppositifolium mats. In upland blanket bogs specimens often inhabit clumps of Polytrichum commune. Mature females are present throughout the year, males between June and November. Egg-sacs have been noted in March and June.

Status

Uncommon in north and west Britain. Original author of profile: R.C. Gallon 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: 1896
Last recorded: 2026
Total records: 1,524
Total visits: 1,509

Conservation status

Hilaira excisa

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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