ID Reqeust : Woodland Spider

[Andrew C]

Afternoon,

This spider was discovered under some logs at Yarner Wood near Bovey Tracey in Devon.

It measures roughly six to seven millimetres from the front to back not including the outstretched legs (front of head to rear of abdomen).

I apologise for the poor images but is an identification possible from them?

Regards,
Andrew.

[RobAtkinson1]

Could it be Amaurobius species?

[frits_b]

It's a Segestria species, one of the six-eyed spiders. It looks like S. bavarica.

[Andrew C]

Evening,

Thanks for the replies so far. Segestria bavarica does look close enough but I will hold back from a committed identification yet. Google does not give any results for "Segestria bavarica yarner" which is discouraging.

Regards,
Andrew.

[No.9 Spider]

Distribution for S. bavarica:

The Updated Distribution Maps - British Arachnological Society

Could do with some further specimens to confirm I.D. and to see whether it's established due to it's scarcity.

[Andrew C]

Originally Posted by No.9 Spider

Distribution for S. bavarica:

The Updated Distribution Maps - British Arachnological Society

Could do with some further specimens to confirm I.D. and to see whether it's established due to it's scarcity.

Evening,

Not many records on that map for sure. I still have it in a specimen jar if there is somewhere I can send it to if neccessary?

Regards,
Andrew.

[No.9 Spider]

Hi Andrew, you are welcome to send it to me if you wish (see your mailbox). You can forward your Pardosa sp. at the same time if you want, they are very difficult to i.d. without microscope!

On the distribution map, the furthest North dot left hand side was a specimen I took in 1995 from Puffin Island, Anglesey. The other two specimens from that way were found in 2000 on the the Great Orme and Little Orme by a friend of mine.

Where it was found, were there any rocky outcrops in the vicinity or man made walls as this would be their more usual habitat, and all so far on the coast.
As can often be the case, case it's the rarity of active collectors rather than rarity of a species. It does look correct as Frits has said, confirmation would give an interesting new record.


No.9 Spider

[Andrew C]

Evening Carl,

I have just received your message and duly replied. Thanks for offering to look at them under a microscope for me. I do consider a microscope myself but that is another topic and time (maybe sooner than later).

Any confirmation either way would be useful as it would allow an addition to the distribution maps which is important.

It was in Yarner Wood which is on the inside edge of Dartmoor. There are a few rocky outcrops but not in the woods itself as far as I can imagine. Certainly no man made walls unless you count the Reserve Headquarters which was about a hundred metres away or so and the specimen was found under a sawn oak stump.

Regards,
Andrew.

Originally Posted by No.9 Spider

Hi Andrew, you are welcome to send it to me if you wish (see your mailbox). You can forward your Pardosa sp. at the same time if you want, they are very difficult to i.d. without microscope!

On the distribution map, the furthest North dot left hand side was a specimen I took in 1995 from Puffin Island, Anglesey. The other two specimens from that way were found in 2000 on the the Great Orme and Little Orme by a friend of mine.

Where it was found, were there any rocky outcrops in the vicinity or man made walls as this would be their more usual habitat, and all so far on the coast.
As can often be the case, case it's the rarity of active collectors rather than rarity of a species. It does look correct as Frits has said, confirmation would give an interesting new record.


No.9 Spider

[nightshade]

I do like Spiders, just wish I had been interested earlier I wonder if this link will help Nick's Spiders - Segestria senoculata

[Pepsis]

Hello everyone, first post in here. I've been visiting this forum for some time.
Anyways, I just wanted to point out that it's not a Segestriidae, but an Amaurobiidae, Coelotes sp. (based on the location most probably C. atropos).
Again, greetings to everyone!