Antistea elegans: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Antistea elegans Antistea elegans

Where the antistea elegans lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 5,056 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See spiders, scorpions & other arachnids on the world map

Scientific name	Antistea elegans
Group	Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Arachnid
Order	Araneida
Family	Hahniidae

Where does the antistea elegans live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the antistea elegans in 12 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the antistea elegans?

The antistea elegans (Antistea elegans) is an arachnid in the order Araneida and the family Hahniidae, genus Antistea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the antistea elegans

Anitistea elegans, the marsh combtail, is a species of dwarf sheet web spider in the family Hahniidae which has a Palearctic distribution.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Antistea elegans (revision 1006941156), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1941128 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).