Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841), a linyphiid spider new to Britain (Araneae: Linyphiidae)

摘要

The linyphiid spider Neriene emphana (Walckenaer, 1841) is described and illustrated as new to Britain, and its habitat and distribution are discussed. On the morning of 22 August 2000, at the end of a long weekend on the Isle of Wight, IKD and his wife Debra went for a walk on Mottistone Down (National Trust) and in the adjacent Brighstone Forest/Westover Down (Forestry Commission) in the southwestern part of the Island. They stopped at a couple of sites in the forest to sieve leaf litter and beat the trees, but did not look intensively for spiders.