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Species Details

Species name
Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)
Taxonomy
Animalia :: Araneae :: Pholcidae

Distribution

Holocnemus pluchei is a Mediterranean species which has been introduced to buildings in Britain on at least seven occasions. It was first found in Lutterworth, Leicestershire (2004). Since then it has been recorded in similar sites in Warwickshire (2006), Yorkshire (2017), Gloucestershire (2017), Cornwall (2019) and Middlesex (2020). In continental Europe it has been found throughout except in Scandinavia.

Habitat and ecology

In Britain it is confined to buildings and glasshouses. In continental Europe it is found in caves, buildings and dark places generally but is also frequent under stones in maquis, garrigue and other dry Mediterranean habitats.

Status

None assigned.

Stats

First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2024
Total records
21
Total visits
21

Conservation status

Holocnemus pluchei
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 guidelinesNot Evaluated01/09/2017A Mediterranean species that appears to be synanthropic in Britain.