Summary details for Pardosa purbeckensis F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895

Species Details

Species name: Pardosa purbeckensis F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895
Synonyms: Pardosa agrestis subsp. purbeckensis F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895, Lycosa purbeckensis (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1895)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Lycosidae
habitat: saltmarsh

Distribution

The species is widespread on the coasts of Britain.

Habitat and ecology

P. purbeckensis occurs in saltmarsh and tidal habitats on mudflats and the shores especially of estuaries, running over mud and tidal debris. Adults of both sexes may be found from early to mid-summer, females persisting later.

Status

Local, but numerous in suitable coastal habitat. Despite its continued separation from P. agrestis in Merrett et al. (1985), Merrett & Millidge (1992) and Merrett & Murphy (2000), Roberts (1987; 1995) does not recognise P. purbeckensis as a separate species and this presents problems in the mapping of records submitted to the recording scheme. A decision has been made to map coastal records of P. agrestis as P. purbeckensis. 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: 1900
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 1,110
Total visits: 1,062

Conservation status

Pardosa purbeckensis

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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