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In October 2025, it was reported that ”Aulonia albimana” had been found at the [[Newtown, Isle of Wight|Newtown]] nature reserve on the [[Isle of Wight]], England, after not being recorded in the United Kingdom since 1985. It was informally named “white-knuckled wolf spider”, alluding both to the pale “knuckles” on its [[pedipalp]]s and to the fact that it was found in the closing minutes of a time-limited boat trip to an otherwise inaccessible part of the reserve.<ref name=”morris” /> It had previously been recorded in the 1930s and between 1963 and 1974 at two quarries near [[Dunster]], Somerset, but these habitats had since been destroyed by use as [[rubbish tip]]s.<ref name=”bas” /> |
In October 2025, it was reported that ”Aulonia albimana” had been found at the [[Newtown, Isle of Wight|Newtown]] nature reserve on the [[Isle of Wight]], England, after not being recorded in the United Kingdom since 1985. It was informally named “white-knuckled wolf spider”, alluding both to the pale “knuckles” on its [[pedipalp]]s and to the fact that it was found in the closing minutes of a time-limited boat trip to an otherwise inaccessible part of the reserve.<ref name=”morris” /> It had previously been recorded in the 1930s and between 1963 and 1974 at two quarries near [[Dunster]], Somerset, but these habitats had since been destroyed by use as [[rubbish tip]]s.<ref name=”bas” /> |
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A 2017 report on “scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain” identified ”Aulonia albimana” as [[Critically endangered]] and “Nationally rare”.<ref name=”harvey2017″ /> |
A 2017 report on “scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain” identified ”Aulonia albimana” as [[Critically endangered]] and “Nationally rare”.<ref name=”harvey2017″ /> |
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Latest revision as of 20:24, 30 October 2025
Species of wolf spiders
Aulonia albimana is a mainly European species of wolf spider (family Lycosidae).[1] It was first described as Lycosa albimana by Charles Walckenaer in his 1805 treatise on spiders.[2]
Aulonia albimana was first described in 1805 by Charles Walckenaer as Lycosa albimana.[1][2] In 1847, Carl Ludwig Koch made it the type species of his new Lycosa subgenus Aulonia.[3] In 1876, Eugène Simon treated Koch’s subgenus as a full genus, thus using the name Aulonia albimana.[4] The species name albimana is derived from the Latin words albus, “white”, and manus, “hand”, meaning “white-handed”.
Aulonia albimana has a body length of around 4 mm. The prosoma is dark brown with a narrow white border. The legs are of a light yellow with black first femurs. The opisthosoma is dark brown with some light hairs in front and sometimes some light hair tufts at the back.[5]
Distribution and habitat
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A. albimana is native to Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus.[1]
It is found under rocks and in moss at sunny and dry locations.[5]
Rediscovery in England
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In October 2025, it was reported that Aulonia albimana had been found at the Newtown nature reserve on the Isle of Wight, England, after not being recorded in the United Kingdom since 1985. It was informally named “white-knuckled wolf spider”, alluding both to the pale “knuckles” on its pedipalps and to the fact that it was found in the closing minutes of a time-limited boat trip to an otherwise inaccessible part of the reserve.[6] It had previously been recorded in the 1930s and between 1963 and 1974 at two quarries near Dunster, Somerset, but these habitats had since been destroyed by use as rubbish tips.[7]
A 2017 report on “scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain” identified Aulonia albimana as Critically endangered and “Nationally rare”.[8]
- ^ a b c d e “Aulonia albimana (Walckenaer, 1805)”. World Spider Catalog. NMBE. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- ^ a b Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions.
- ^ Koch, C. L. (1847). Die Arachniden, vol. 14 (in German). Nürnberg: J. L. Lotzbeck. Retrieved 2025-10-30 – via World Spider Catalog. pp. 97-98.
- ^ Simon, E. (1876). Les arachnides de France, vol. 3 (in French). Paris: Roret. Retrieved 2025-10-30 – via World Spider Catalog. pp. 358–360.
- ^ a b Heimer, S.; Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch.
- ^ Morris, Steven (30 October 2025). “‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight”. The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ “Summary for Aulonia albimana (Araneae)”. Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website. British Arachnological Society. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Harvey, P; et al. (2017). A review of the scarce and threatened spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No.22 (PDF). Natural Resources Wales. pp. 20, 27.
