Thanatus

This article is about the spider genus. For the Greek personification of death, see Thanatos.
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:

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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