Summary details for Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856)

Species Details

Species name: Pardosa nigriceps (Thorell, 1856)
Synonym: Lycosa nigriceps Thorell, 1856
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Lycosidae
habitat: tall sward & scrub

Distribution

The species is widespread throughout most of Britain. It is widespread in most of western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

P. nigriceps is found on the ground, on low vegetation and bushes in a variety of habitats such as grasslands, sea walls, dyke edges, dunes, heathland, moorlands, blanket bog, mires, woodland clearings, old quarries and roadside verges. It tends to live higher in the vegetation than other Pardosa species. The spider is adult in spring and early summer, females persisting later.

Status

Common. Original author of profile: P.R. Harvey 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: 1872
Last recorded: 2026
Total records: 10,082
Total visits: 9,834

Conservation status

Pardosa nigriceps

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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