Tamerlan Thorell

Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (May 3, 1830 - December 22, 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist.

Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Eugène Simon and Thomas Workman.

He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850 to 1900.

Thorell wrote two significant works: On European Spiders (1869) and Synonym of European Spiders (1870-73).

Taxonomic honors

The Orb-weaver spider genus Thorellina and the jumping spider genus Thorelliola are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders:

• Araneus thorelli (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (Araneidae)
• Gasteracantha thorelli Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (Araneidae)
• Leviellus thorelli (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (Araneidae)
• Mandjelia thorelli (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) (Barychelidae)
• Clubiona thorelli Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (Clubionidae)
• Malamatidia thorelli Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Sulawesi) (Clubionidae)
• Corinnomma thorelli Simon, 1905 (Java) (Corinnidae)
• Ctenus thorelli F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 (Sri Lanka) (Ctenidae)
• Zelotes thorelli Simon, 1914 (Southern Europe) (Gnaphosidae)
• Hypochilus thorelli Marx, 1888 (USA) (Hypochilidae)
• Idiops thorelli O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (South Africa) (Idiopidae)
• Trichopterna thorelli (Westring, 1861) (Palearctic) (Linyphiidae)
• Lycosa thorelli (Keyserling, 1877) (Colombia to Argentina) (Lycosidae)
• Lycosula thorelli (Berland, 1929) (Samoa, Marquesas Is.) (Lycosidae)
• Pardosa thorelli (Collett, 1876) (Norway) (Lycosidae)
• Mecicobothrium thorelli Holmberg, 1882 (Argentina, Uruguay) (Mecicobothriidae)
• Miturga thorelli Simon, 1909 (Western Australia) (Miturgidae)
• Spermophora thorelli Roewer, 1942 (Myanmar) (Pholcidae)
• Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 (Congo) (Pisauridae)
• Bavia thorelli Simon, 1901 (Sulawesi) (Salticidae)
• Pancorius thorelli (Simon, 1899) (Sumatra) (Salticidae)
• Talavera thorelli (Kulczyn'ski, 1891) (Palearctic) (Salticidae)
• Pseudopoda thorelli J�er, 2001 (Myanmar) (Sparassidae)
• Afroblemma thorelli (Brignoli, 1974) (Angola, Tanzania) (Tetrablemmidae)
• Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) (Seychelles) (Tetragnathidae)
• Chilobrachys thorelli Pocock, 1900 (India) (Theraphosidae)
• Cyriopagopus thorelli (Simon, 1901) (Malaysia) (Theraphosidae)
• Helvibis thorelli Keyserling, 1884 (Peru, Brazil) (Theridiidae)
• Theridion thorelli L. Koch, 1865 (New South Wales) (Theridiidae)
• Tmarus thorelli Comellini, 1955 (Congo) (Thomisidae)