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Summary for Alopecosa cuneata (Araneae)

 

View time series maps for Alopecosa cuneata Name: Alopecosa cuneata
Authority: (Clerck, 1757)
Family: Lycosidae

Records: 533
First Record: 1900

1992-on hectads: 93
Pre-1992 hectads: 70
Total hectads: 141


Identification guidance for Alopecosa cuneata







Widely distributed but local in the lowlands of southern England, especially on chalk grassland and dunes, with the few more northerly records mostly coastal. The species is widespread in western and central Europe.

Grassland and sand dunes. A. cuneata occurs on old and unimproved grasslands and dunes, especially where there are areas of sparsely vegetated ground, short turf and lichen heath. Adults of both sexes are found from late spring to early summer, females sometimes until the autumn.

The species is local and uncommon, although it may occur in numbers. In the agricultural lowlands of southern England it is very locally distributed and rare.

The main threats to this species are the destruction and fragmentation of lowland heathland and grassland resulting from housing and agricultural development, particularly in southern Britain.

Ensure heathland and grassland sites where it occurs are protected from further development for housing and agriculture. Manage heathlands to ensure sufficient bare ground for the species to survive.


Adult Season Data (based on 273 records with adult season information)


Broad Habitat Data (based on 145 records with habitat information)
Broad subhabitat Data (based on 10 records with subhabitat information)
Structural Habitat Data (based on 224 records with structural habitat information)
Habitat Detail and Method (based on 216 records with habitat detail and method information)

Recorded management for locations with Alopecosa cuneata

Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Alopecosa cuneata Alopecosa cuneata male Alopecosa cuneata female