Thanatus flavidus
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| Thanatus flavidus E. Simon, 1875 [1]
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Thanatus flavidus is a spider of the family Philodromidae and genus Thanatus that lives in Greece, Russia and Ukraine. It has been noted for hunting bedbugs. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Norman I. Platnick. "Thanatus flavidus". The World Spider Catalog. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Medicine: Bedbug Hunters". Time. September 9, 1929. Note that Thanatus is misspelled Thanatos in the article.
- Lorando, N. T. 1929. "A biological method of destroying bedbugs." Scientific Monthly, vol. 29, issue 3, pp. 265-68. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1929SciMo..29..265L
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