Thanatus

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Genus of spiders

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::summary Genus of spiders ::

Thanatus is a genus of false crab spiders described by Carl Ludwig 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 - in length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism) on low vegetation.

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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

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, this genus includes 96 species:

Thanatus africanus Karsch, 1878 – Tanzania, South Africa
Thanatus albescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan or India
Thanatus altimontis Gertsch, 1933 – Canada, United States, Mexico
Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872 – Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Northern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
Thanatus arenarius L. Koch, 1872 – Europe, Caucasus, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan
Thanatus arenicola (Schmidt, 1976) – Canary Islands
Thanatus atlanticus Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde, South Africa
Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Korea, Japan
Thanatus balestrerii Caporiacco, 1935 – India
Thanatus bungei (Kulczyński, 1908) – Russia, Japan, North America
Thanatus chorillensis Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, China
Thanatus coreanus Paik, 1979 – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), Korea, China
Thanatus cronebergi Simon, 1895 – Mongolia
Thanatus dahurianus Logunov, 1997 – Russia
Thanatus damingus Wang, Zhang & Xing, 2013 – China
Thanatus denisi Brignoli, 1983 – Afghanistan
Thanatus dhakuricus Tikader, 1960 – India
Thanatus dissimilis Denis, 1960 – France
Thanatus dorsilineatus Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Botswana, South Africa
Thanatus elongatus (Tikader, 1960) – India
Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826) – Canary Islands, Northern Africa, South Africa, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Thanatus firmetorum Muster & Thaler, 2003 – Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy
Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875 – Greece, Ukraine, Russia
Thanatus flavus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – Egypt
Thanatus forbesi Pocock, 1903 – Yemen
Thanatus forciformis Li, Feng & Yang, 2013 – China
Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Japan
Thanatus fornicatus Simon, 1897 – Egypt to Pakistan
Thanatus frederici Denis, 1941 – Cape Verde Islands
Thanatus fuscipes Denis, 1937 – Algeria
Thanatus fuscipes Denis, 1957 – Spain
Thanatus gnaquiensis Strand, 1908 – Peru
Thanatus hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 – China
Thanatus imbecillus L. Koch, 1878 – Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Caucasus, Russia, Urals), Iran, Central Asia
Thanatus inconsuetus Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
Thanatus indicus Simon, 1885 – India
Thanatus jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 – India
Thanatus jaikensis Ponomarev, 2007 – Kazakhstan
Thanatus ketani Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India
Thanatus kitabensis Charitonov, 1946 – Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Thanatus lamottei Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, South Africa
Thanatus lanatus Logunov, 1996 – Russia
Thanatus lanceolatus Simon, 1875 – Ukraine
Thanatus lanceoletus Tikader, 1966 – India
Thanatus lesserti (Roewer, 1951) – Turkey, Egypt to Iran
Thanatus lineatipes Simon, 1870 – Mediterranean, Georgia
Thanatus luederitzi Simon, 1910 – Namibia
Thanatus maculatus Keyserling, 1880 – Peru
Thanatus mandali Tikader, 1965 – India
Thanatus meronensis Levy, 1977 – Bulgaria, Israel
Thanatus mikhailovi Logunov, 1996 – Russia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Thanatus miniaceus Simon, 1880 – Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan
Thanatus mongolicus (Schenkel, 1936) – Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
Thanatus mus Strand, 1908 – Peru
Thanatus namaquensis Simon, 1910 – South Africa
Thanatus neimongol Urita & Song, 1987 – China
Thanatus nentwigi Wunderlich, 2017 – Nigeria
Thanatus nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969 – Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan
Thanatus nodongensis Kim & Kim, 2012 – Korea
Thanatus oblongiusculus (Lucas, 1846) – Southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia to Central Asia, Iran, China
Thanatus oblongiusculus (Simon, 1932) – France
Thanatus okayi Karol, 1966 – Turkey
Thanatus ornatus (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria
Thanatus pagenstecheri Strand, 1906 – Namibia
Thanatus parangvulgaris Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Thailand
Thanatus philodromicus Strand, 1916 – Madagascar
Thanatus philodromoides Caporiacco, 1940 – Somalia
Thanatus pictus L. Koch, 1881 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran
Thanatus pinnatus Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
Thanatus plumosus Simon, 1890 – Yemen
Thanatus pollex Li, Feng & Yang, 2013 – China
Thanatus prolixus Simon, 1897 – India
Thanatus pygmaeus Schmidt & Krause, 1996 – Canary Islands
Thanatus rayi Simon, 1875 – Europe to Kazakhstan
Thanatus roseofemoralis (Karsch, 1879) – Japan
Thanatus rubicellus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Canada, United States
Thanatus rubicundus L. Koch, 1875 – Ethiopia, Somalia, East Africa
Thanatus sabulosus (Menge, 1875) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, China
Thanatus saraevi Ponomarev, 2007 – Kazakhstan, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan
Thanatus schubotzi Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
Thanatus sepiacolor Levy, 1999 – Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran
Thanatus setiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Morocco, Libya, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran
Thanatus simplicipalpis Simon, 1882 – Yemen, India
Thanatus stepposus Logunov, 1996 – Russia, China
Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Thanatus stripatus Tikader, 1980 – India
Thanatus tuvinensis Logunov, 1996 – Russia, Kyrgyzstan
Thanatus ubsunurensis Logunov, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia)
Thanatus validus Simon, 1875 – Algeria
Thanatus virgulatipes Wunderlich, 2023 – Portugal
Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Middle East, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to North America, South Africa, Australia
Thanatus vulgaris Kulczyński, 1903 – Greece
Thanatus wuchuanensis Tang & Wang, 2008 – Russia, China
Thanatus xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989 – China
Thanatus zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia

References

"Genus Thanatus". World Spider Catalog.

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