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 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

External links

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