Hypsocephalus pusillus (Menge, 1869)

Grbić, Gordana, Hänggi, Ambros & Krnjajić, Slobodan, 2021, Spiders (Araneae) Of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): Additional Arguments In Environmental Protection, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67 (1), pp. 15-61 : 31

Hypsocephalus pusillus (Menge, 1869)

Material: 30.05.2014 M3 1f.

Determination: MILLER 1966, MILLIDGE 1978, GNELITSA 2009.

Global distribution: Europe (but missing in the western countries).

Habitat: Various dry habitats, from forest to steppe ( GNELITSA 2009).

Note: Hypsocephalus pusillus (syn = H. dahli ) is a very small (body length 1.1mm) linyphiid spider inhabiting xerothermic sites ( FRICK 2008, FRICK & STAREGA 2009, GNELITSA 2009). The habitat of our specimen (M3, peat meadow) is not typical compared to data from the literature. In Germany and the Czech Republic, the species is listed as endangered in the Red List of species.