Summary details for Tapinocyba insecta (L. Koch, 1869)

Species Details

Species name: Tapinocyba insecta (L. Koch, 1869)
Taxonomy: Animalia :: Araneae :: Linyphiidae
habitat: shaded woodland floor

Distribution

T. insecta is widespread but scattered throughout most of England with the exception of the south-west and large parts of the north Midlands. There are few records for Wales and Scotland. A Palaearctic species, it is widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology

This linyphiid is essentially restricted to ancient broad-leaved woodland. Crocker & Daws (1996) note that specimens are found amongst leaf litter, sphagnum and golden-saxifrage flushes in Leicestershire woodlands (oak, birch/oak, birch/alder and alder/willow). In Essex the spider is found in leaf litter in oak/hornbeam and chestnut woodland. At Wicken and Woodwalton Fens it has been found in fen carr. Adults have been recorded throughout the year but males and most females between November and July.

Status

Local, but the spider may be numerous in some places. There may have been a long-term and widespread decline throughout its range in Britain.

Threats

Clearance of ancient broad-leaved woodland.

Management and conservation

Protect ancient woodlands from conversion to other land-use. Text based on Dawson, I.K., Harvey, P.R., Merrett, P. & Russell-Smith, A.R. (in prep.).

Stats

First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 2024
Total records: 304
Total visits: 300

Conservation status

Tapinocyba insecta

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 data categories - spiders (not based on IUCN criteria)	Spider Amber List	42979
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	A woodland species that still occurs widely across its range and may be under-recorded. Threats: Clearance of ancient broad-leaved woodland.
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)	Rare and scarce species	Nationally Scarce. Includes Red Listed taxa	42979	Threats: Clearance of ancient broad-leaved woodland.

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