The scattered records form a distinct band across eastern and central England, and into eastern Ireland.  The few available records suggest it has a mutally exclusive distribution with T. helveticus (BMIG Newsletter 4, pg.1); interestingly a situation also seen in the Netherlands (Berg, 2008). Characteristically, it is associated with synanthropic sites, such as old gardens or churchyards (e.g. Richards, 2016), but some coastal sites in Kent and south-west England appear to be semi-natural (e.g. Gregory, 2012; Ashwood & Gregory, 2021). In 2010 specimens were collected from a coastal site in eastern Scotland (BMIG Newsletter 22, pg.2).

 

Specimens are usually found beneath paving slabs or stone partially embedded into the soil, but it also may be found among soil or rubble. It is elusive, rarely found in large numbers and probably under-recorded.  It often occurs with other trichoniscids, such as Trichoniscus pygmaeus, Haplophthalmus mengii and Trichoniscoides albidus.

 

This summary is based on the detailed account in Gregory (2009).