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
- tall sward & scrub
- upland
Stats
- First recorded
- 1913
- Last recorded
- 2022
- Total records
- 50
- Total visits
- 50
Conservation status
Improphantes complicatus
| 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) | Rare and scarce species | Nationally Rare. Includes Red Listed taxa | 01/09/2017 | |
| A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017) | Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelines | Near Threatened | 01/09/2017 | A 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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