Thanatus

Thanatus
	Thanatus species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Philodromidae
Genus:	Thanatus

Thanatus is a genus of 'false crab spiders' described by C. L. Koch in 1837, belonging to the Order Araneae, Family Philodromidae.

Species of this genus are present in most of Europe.

Adult members of this genus of spiders can reach 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) of length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism) on low vegetation.

The members of this genus have a clear leaf-like cardiac mark on the anterior dorsal elongated abdomen. They are very similar to Philodromus species, but they can mainly be distinguished by differences in the eyes.

Species

This genus includes approximately 100 species:

Thanatus africanus Karsch, 1878
Thanatus albescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1885
Thanatus altimontis Gertsch, 1933
Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872
Thanatus arenarius Thorell, 1872
Thanatus arenicola (Schmidt, 1976)
Thanatus aridorum Silhavy, 1940
Thanatus atlanticus Berland, 1936
Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875
Thanatus balestrerii Caporiacco, 1935
Thanatus bungei (Kulczynski, 1908)
Thanatus chorillensis Keyserling, 1880
Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880
Thanatus constellatus Charitonov, 1946
Thanatus coreanus Paik, 1979
Thanatus cronebergi Simon, 1895
Thanatus dahurianus Logunov, 1997
Thanatus denisi Brignoli, 1983
Thanatus dhakuricus Tikader, 1960
Thanatus dissimilis Denis, 1960
Thanatus dorsilineatus Jézéquel, 1964
Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826)
Thanatus firmetorum Muster & Thaler, 2003
Thanatus flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1876
Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875
Thanatus flavus O. P.-Cambridge, 1876
Thanatus forbesi Pocock, 1903
Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757)
Thanatus fornicatus Simon, 1897
Thanatus frederici Denis, 1941
Thanatus fuscipes Denis, 1957
Thanatus gigas (C.L. Koch, 1837)
Thanatus gnaquiensis Strand, 1908
Thanatus granadensis Keyserling, 1880
Thanatus hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997
Thanatus imbecillus L. Koch, 1878
Thanatus inconsuetus Caporiacco, 1940
Thanatus indicus Simon, 1885
Thanatus jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999
Thanatus jaikensis Ponomarev, 2007
Thanatus jugorum Simon, 1916
Thanatus ketani Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001
Thanatus kitabensis Charitonov, 1946
Thanatus lamottei Jézéquel, 1964
Thanatus lanatus Logunov, 1996
Thanatus lanceolatus Simon, 1875
Thanatus lanceoletus Tikader, 1966
Thanatus lesserti (Roewer, 1951)
Thanatus lineatipes Simon, 1870
Thanatus luederitzi Simon, 1910
Thanatus maculatus Keyserling, 1880
Thanatus mandali Tikader, 1965
Thanatus meronensis Levy, 1977
Thanatus mikhailovi Logunov, 1996
Thanatus miniaceus Simon, 1880
Thanatus mongolicus (Schenkel, 1936)
Thanatus multipunctatus Strand, 1906
Thanatus mus Strand, 1908
Thanatus namaquensis Simon, 1910
Thanatus neimongol Wu & Song, 1987
Thanatus nigromaculatus Kulczynski, 1885
Thanatus nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969
Thanatus nitidus Logunov & Kunt, 2010
Thanatus okayi Karol, 1966
Thanatus ornatus (Lucas, 1846)

Thanatus pagenstecheri Strand, 1906

Thanatus parangvulgaris Barrion & Litsinger, 1995

Thanatus paucipunctatus Strand, 1906

Thanatus philodromicus Strand, 1916

Thanatus philodromoides Caporiacco, 1940

Thanatus pictus L. Koch, 1881

Thanatus pinnatus Jézéquel, 1964

Thanatus plumosus Simon, 1890

Thanatus prolixus Simon, 1897

Thanatus pygmaeus Schmidt & Krause, 1996

Thanatus rayi Simon, 1875

Thanatus rubicellus Mello-Leitão, 1929

Thanatus rubicundus L. Koch, 1875

Thanatus sabulosus (Menge, 1875)

Thanatus saraevi Ponomarev, 2007

Thanatus schubotzi Strand, 1913

Thanatus sepiacolor Levy, 1999

Thanatus setiger (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872)

Thanatus sibiricus Kulczynski, 1901

Thanatus simplicipalpis Simon, 1882

Thanatus stepposus Logunov, 1996

Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845

Thanatus stripatus Tikader, 1980

Thanatus tuvinensis Logunov, 1996

Thanatus ubsunurensis Logunov, 1996

Thanatus validus Simon, 1875

Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870

Thanatus wuchuanensis Tang & Wang, 2008

Thanatus xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989

Thanatus zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939

Thanatus fuscipes concolor Denis, 1957

Thanatus jugorum saturatior Simon, 1932

Thanatus vulgaris brevipes Kulczynski, 1903

Thanatus vulgaris creticus Kulczynski, 1903

Thanatus alpinus Kulczyński, 1887 – Thanatus coloradensis' Keyserling, 1880

References

B. J. Kaston - How to Know the Spiders - WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1978
A. T. Barrion, J. A. Litsinger - Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia - C.A.B. International, International Rice Research Institute
Jørgen Lissner, 2010 - Spiders of Greenland

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