Summary details for Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882)

Species Details

Species name
Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882)
Synonyms
Lepthyphantes umbraticolus Jackson, 1914, Lepthyphantes umbraticola (Keyserling, 1886), Lepthyphantes audax Sorensen, 1898, Lepthyphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882), Lepthyphantes audax Sörensen, 1898, Lepthyphantes cacuminum
Taxonomy
Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat
tall sward & scrub
habitat
upland

Stats

First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2022
Total records
50
Total visits
50

Conservation status

Improphantes complicatus
SourceReporting categoryDesignationDate designatedComments
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)Rare and scarce speciesNationally Rare. Includes Red Listed taxa01/09/2017
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelinesNear Threatened01/09/2017A boreo-alpine species widespread on Scottish mountains, but local and never numerous. Probably under-recorded to an extent, hence NT not VU, but its habitat is under threat from climate change. Threats: As a boreo-alpine species it's habitat is vulnerable to climate change.

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