Clubiona rosserae

Clubiona rosserae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species: C. rosserae
Binomial name
Clubiona rosserae
Locket, 1953

Clubiona rosserae, or Rosser's sac spider,[1] is a rare species of sac spider native to wetlands of Great Britain. Though once feared to be extinct, a colony was discovered in 2010 at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire.[2] It can also be found at the Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths SSSI in north Suffolk.[3]

References

  1. "Colony of rare spiders discovered". MSN News. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. "First pictures of rare wetland spider in Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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