Summary for Silometopus reussi (Araneae)

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Identification difficulty rating: 3

Name: Silometopus reussi

Authority: (Thorell, 1871)

Order: Arachnida: Araneae

Family: Linyphiidae

IUCN status: LC

Records: 453

First Record: 1888

Latest Record: 2023

1992-on hectads: 109

Pre-1992 hectads: 81

Total hectads: 177

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Recorded altitude range
0m to 331m

Species text

Distribution
The species is widespread in England in a band from Cheshire, Yorkshire and the Midlands to the south-east. Elsewhere the Distribution: is very scattered and there are few records from western Britain or north of Yorkshire. A Palaearctic species widespread in north-western and central Europe.

Habitat and ecology
S. reussi occurs in straw, undergrowth, manure heaps and cut vegetation in gardens, sometimes in abundance. Adults of both sexes have been recorded almost throughout the year.

Status
Local. The name S. reussi (Thorell) was shown by Locket (1962) to be a senior synonym of S. interjectus (O. P.-Cambridge).

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