Summary details for Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833)

Species Details

Species name: Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833)
Synonyms: Hypomma cornuta, Hypomma cornutus (Blackwall, 1833)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: arboreal

Distribution

The species is widespread in central southern England becoming more localised and scattered elsewhere, and absent from the north of Scotland. It has a Palaearctic Distribution: and is widespread in western and central Europe, but only occurs in the very south of Norway (map in Aakra & Hauge (2000)).

Habitat and ecology

H. cornutum occurs mainly in woodland, on bushes, trees and herbaceous vegetation. In Leicestershire the species is abundant on evergreen trees and shrubs in churchyards, urban parks and parkland type habitats (J. Daws, pers. comm.). Adults are mostly found from early to mid-summer, both sexes occasionally occurring later.

Status

Common and locally frequent in the south, much more local in the north. 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: 1833
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 2,024
Total visits: 1,990

Conservation status

Hypomma cornutum

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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