Summary details for Talavera aequipes (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)

Species Details

Species name: Talavera aequipes (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Synonym: Euophrys aequipes (O.P.-Cambridge, 1871)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Salticidae
habitat: short sward & bare ground

Distribution

The species is widely distributed in Britain but with only a few scattered records in the west and north. It is widespread in north-western and central Europe, but has not been recorded from Ireland.

Habitat and ecology

This little spider is found in warm, open, sunny habitats with bare surfaces, such as short turf on downs, sandy or stony banks, and quarries or old railway embankments. Adults of both sexes are found mainly in May, June and July.

Status

Local and uncommon, but the spider is more frequent in southern counties. Original author of profile: M. Askins 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: 2024
Total records: 1,258
Total visits: 1,229

Conservation status

Talavera aequipes

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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