Summary details for Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797)

Species Details

Species name: Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1797)
Synonym: Salticus cingulatus (Panzer, 1979)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Salticidae
habitat: arboreal

Distribution

The species is widely distributed in Britain, but with few records in the west, south-east and large areas of the north. It is widespread in western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

S. cingulatus occurs on old tree trunks and fence palings in sunny situations in or near woodland, fens and heathland where it may be frequent on pines. Males are found in May and June, females mainly between May and July, but occasionally persisting into the autumn.

Status

Local. The spider may be frequent in suitable habitat. It is inexplicably rare in some parts of the country such as Essex. 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: 1998
Last recorded: 2025
Total records: 12
Total visits: 12

Conservation status

Salticus cingulatus

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

Photos and media

Spatial distribution - hectad map

Click on one of the date ranges in the key to highlight that particular range. Click anywhere else on the map to go back to all three date ranges.

Thresholds:

Move mouse cursor over dot for info

Rejected records are excluded from this map. Unverified records are included.

Temporal distribution - records by year

Records that span more than one year are not included in this chart.