Aulonia albimana
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > spider (Araneae) > Spider |
| Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (Not Relevant) [CR(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Aulonia albimana |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Walckenaer, 1805) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Harvey et al., 2017 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | CR, criteria: B2ab(ii,iii,iv): status unchanged, with no records since 1985. Only recorded from 3 hectads in S England. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Not recorded since 1985 despite many apparently suitable sites |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | This species would not benefit from untargeted management |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 2. Biological status assessment exists |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Low - Relict or natural rarity |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Opportunistic - sufficient |
| Species Comments: | Found among stones on a (now destroyed) quarry floor in Somerset and in damp grassland (IoW). On the continent it occurs in a wide range of habitats including tussocky grassland. |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Maintain at least biennial annual search/survey in vicinity of former sites
Action targets: 2. Biological status assessment exists
Action type: Status survey/review
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Newtown Ranges, Isle of Wight. Dunster quarry, Somerset
Comments:
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Advise managers of former sites to make them aware of past records to ensure sympathetic management to aid detection
Action targets: 5. Remedial action identified
Action type: Advice & support
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Newtown Ranges, Isle of Wight; Dunster area, Somerset
Comments: Assemble mailing list and update site managers at species-appropriate intervals; most easily delivered by BAS/SRS.
Key Action 3
Proposed Action: Where appropriate, advise on apparent need for appropriate open grassland habitat to be maintained in vicinity of former sites
Action targets: 5. Remedial action identified
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Newtown Ranges, Isle of Wight. Dunster area, Somerset
Comments: BAS/NE to liaise with site managers.
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.