Summary details for Microlinyphia impigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)

Species Details

Species name: Microlinyphia impigra (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Synonym: Linyphia impigra O.P.-Cambridge, 1871
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: acid & sedge peats

Distribution

The species is widespread but generally scattered in southern Britain as far north as Yorkshire, with a few very scattered records in Scotland. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

This species is found in low vegetation in marshy places where it spins a horizontal sheet web. The male is very similar to M. pusilla but often lacking the white patches. Adults of both sexes are found in early summer, females occasionally persisting to late autumn.

Status

Local. Original author of profile: D. Marriott 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: 1898
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 746
Total visits: 720

Conservation status

Microlinyphia impigra

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	42979

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