Summary details for Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846)

Species Details

Species name: Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846)
Synonym: Hyctia nivoyi (Lucas, 1846)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Salticidae
habitat: short sward & bare ground

Distribution

The species is restricted to England and Wales, where it is widespread on sand dunes. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe as far north as Denmark.

Habitat and ecology

M. nivoyi occurs mainly on coastal sand dunes among marram, occasionally in inland marshes, and once on dry burnt heathland at Ashdown Forest (Sussex). The spider is long and thin, and runs along marram stems. Males have been found in April, August and September and females most of the year.

Status

The spider is local and never particularly common.

Threats

Possibly public pressure and holiday development at some sites.

Management and conservation

Control erosion of sand dunes. Text based on Dawson, I.K., Harvey, P.R., Merrett, P. & Russell-Smith, A.R. (in prep.).

Stats

First recorded: 1906
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 389
Total visits: 361

Conservation status

Marpissa nivoyi

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 data categories - spiders (not based on IUCN criteria)	Spider Amber List	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	Least concern	01/09/2017	A coastal sand dune species that may be under-recorded but is also vulnerable to habitat loss and damage from tourism and sea level change. Threats: Possibly public pressure and holiday development at some sites.
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)	Rare and scarce species	Nationally Scarce. Includes Red Listed taxa	01/09/2017	Threats: Possibly public pressure and holiday development at some sites.

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Spatial distribution - hectad map

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Temporal distribution - records by year

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