Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802)

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 103

Heliophanus cupreus (Walckenaer, 1802)

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Tetti Violin, grassland with bushes, 900- 1100 m, 10. VI.2011, 1♂ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Tetti Violin , grassland, 900-1100 m, 10. VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri : pathway to Pian del Valasco, beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 11-12. VII.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♂, 1♀ ; same locality, 29. VI.2009, 1♂ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco , Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30. VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco , Alpine pasture with rocks, 1764 m, 27.VIII-23.IX.2009 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben , shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000 -1500 m, 18. VI.2009, 1♂, 2♀ ; same locality, 19. V.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; same locality, 22.IX.2009, 1♀ ; same locality, 29. VI.2011, 2♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Vallone della Meris , Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 26. V.2011, 1♂ ; Vernante : Palanfrè , Pascariund, Alpine pasture, 1600 m, 30.VII-30.VIII.2010 (pitfall traps), 1♀ ; Vallone degli Alberghi , sparse wood, grassland and rock-debris, 1400-2000 m, 5. VI.2010 (pitfall traps), 2♂ .

CHOROTYPE. — SIE.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine pastures, Alpine prairies, shrublands, riparian habitats.

NOTES. — New record for the study area.