Thanatus

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 in 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 96 species:

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

References

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Biolib
• Bugguide
• Philodromidae