Summary details for Urozelotes rusticus

Species Details

Species name
Urozelotes rusticus
Synonyms
Urozelotes rustica (Pavesi), Zelotes razoumowskyi, Zelotes rusticus L. Koch, 1872
Taxonomy
Animalia :: Araneae :: Gnaphosidae

Distribution

There are scattered records from Yorkshire southwards. U. rusticus appears to have a wid and varied Distribution: worldwide (Platnick & Murphy 1984), occurring in temperate regions of both hemispheres.

Habitat and ecology

It appears to be associated with man and is typically found on the walls of houses, much as Scotophaeus blackwalli. The author has collected specimens from the walls of a basement flat in New York and near Park Headquarters at 1800 m on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah).

Status

Very rare, with only sporadic records in Britain during the past century, none recent. It is possibly an erratic visitor which does not appear to have become established. Original author of profile: J.A. Murphy 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
1886
Last recorded
1994
Total records
15
Total visits
15

Conservation status

Urozelotes rusticus
SourceReporting categoryDesignationDate designatedComments
A Review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (Sep 2017)Red listing based on 2001 IUCN guidelinesNot Evaluated42979Appears to be associated with humans and is possibly an erratic visitor that does not seem to have become established.

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Temporal distribution - records by week