Diaea livens, Simon, 1876

Franc, Valerián & Fašanga, Michal, 2017, Spiders (Araneae) of the abandoned pasture near the village of Malé Kršteňany (Western Slovakia), Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 2, pp. 39-56 : 43-44

11. Diaea livens

– a rare species of warmer deciduous forests and groves, formerly had been ranked among utmost rare species.

The rst record from Slovakia was published from Protected site Gavurky (48°27̍51.53̍̍N; 19°07̍ 53.90̍̍E, 466 m), May 22, 1992, 1 ♂ ( Franc, Hanzelová, 1996). The second nding has been carried out in the site Jasenov – Hôrka (DFS 7097), June 15, 1994, 1 ♂, and published as a new species for the Slovakian fauna (Thomka, 1996), because the author did not have information on the rst record from Gavurky. The further records: Cerová vrchovina Mts – Obručná (DFS 7885), 20. 5. 1999, 1 ♂, lgt. Eva Svatoňová, det. J. Svatoň ( Svatoň et al., 2009); Poľana Mts – forest steppe above the Bátovský boulder (48°39̍ 39.88̍̍N;19°22̍47.46̍̍E, 736 m), May 13, 2005, 1 ♂, V. Franc lgt., J. Svatoň rev. ( Franc, 2013); Ostrôžky Mts – Lysec (48°20̍52.41̍̍N; 19°27̍40.54̍̍ E, 633 m), June 25, 2007, 2 ♂ ( Franc, 2010b); Krupinská planina plateau – Príbelce (48°12̍ 16.35̍̍ N; 19°15̍0.89̍̍E, 328 m), forest steppe above the shooting range, June 21, 2008, 1 ♂ ( Franc, 2010b); NR Šúr (DFS 7769), salty grassland, May 28, 2009, 1 ♂, lgt. O. Majzlan ( Gajdoš, 2010). Recent records are also accessible from the Slovenský kras Mts – surroundings of the Domica cave (DFS 7588), shrubby and tree margin of the dry calcareous grassland, but undated ( Gajdoš, 2005b).

Maybe, its abundance is recently increasing due to the global warming as well.