Summary for Tapinocyba pallens (Araneae)

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Identification difficulty rating: 3

Name: Tapinocyba pallens

Authority: (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872)

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Linyphiidae

IUCN status: LC

Records: 1482

First Record: 1895

Latest Record: 2023

1992-on hectads: 168

Pre-1992 hectads: 203

Total hectads: 321

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About this species

Recorded altitude range
3m to 650m

Species text

Distribution
The species is widespread in northern and western Britain north of a line from the Severn to the Humber. A European species fairly widespread in north-western and central Europe, but has not been recorded from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic or Hungary.

Habitat and ecology
A northern species found almost exclusively in pine needles and leaf litter in woodland, and in sphagnum bogs where it may be common locally (J. Newton, pers. comm.). Adults occur mainly in late spring and early summer, but are occasionally found at other times of year.

Status
Locally common in the north and west.

Original author of profile: D.R. Nellist

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. References