Summary for Oecobius navus (Araneae)
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Name: Oecobius navus
Authority: Blackwall, 1859
Order: Arachnida: Araneae
Family: Oecobiidae
Records: 3
First Record: 2015
Latest Record: 2019
1992-on hectads: 2
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 2
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Species text
DistributionOecobius navus is a Mediterranean species which has only been recorded inside buildings North of the Alps. In Britain it has been recorded from three localities, in the Natural History Museum, London in the 1970s, in an office at the University of York in 2015 and inside a house in Brighton, in 2018. On the European continent it has been recorded in nature from all of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and inside buildings from Germany, the Low Countries and Finland.
Habitat and ecology
In Britain it has only been collected inside buildings. Elsewhere in Europe it is recorded from garrigue, oak woods, heathlands and under stones.
Status
Not assigned. In Britain this is clearly an introduced species, unknown in the wild.
Adult Season
Adult Season Data (based on 2 records with adult season information)
Habitats
background methodologyBroad Habitat Data (based on 1 records with habitat information)
no subhabitat data available
no structural habitat data available
no habitat detail or method data available
Recorded management for locations with Oecobius navus
Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Oecobius navus
Images
Oecobius navus Dorsal
Oecobius navus - adult male
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