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Genus: Clubiona Latreille, 1804 | Family: Clubionidae Simon, 1878

Clubiona facilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024543

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Described:

Distribution: Britain (presumably imported)

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Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f (2312) - (Sherwood, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Clubiona facilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911b: 50, 68, pl. A, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Clubiona facilis Breitling, 2021a: 9 (nomen dubium, possibly S of Clubiona phragmitis)

Clubiona facilis Sherwood, 2025b: 124, f. 4A-F (f, removed from nomen dubium)

References

Breitling, R. (2021a). A completely resolved phylogenetic tree of British spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 46: 1-51. doi: 10.37828/em.2021.46.1 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1911b). On British Arachnida noted and observed in 1909. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 31(1910): 47-70, pl. A. [[published on March 21, 1911, after Sykes, 1941]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2025b
2025-03-29	Species updated	Sherwood, 2025b	Old value	New status
2021-10-21	Taxon is nomen dubium	Breitling, 2021a		Clubiona facilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911 declared a nomen dubium
2021-10-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Breitling, 2021a
2016-11-11	Species updated		Old value	Error corrected