Thanatus arenarius L. Koch, 1872
Description
Tibial apophysis retrolateral, flat, slightly bent, two-tailed end. Prosoma red-brown. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma light brown to ash grey.
Body length male: 4.3-6.2 mmBody length female: 5.5-8.5 mm
Additional information
Often in dry and semi-dry steppe areas, on sea coasts and salty localities, palaearctically distributed, hibernation as juveniles
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bauer & Höfer 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bauer & Höfer 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bauer & Höfer 2017)
Bulbus, apical view
(Logunov 1996b)
Cymbium
(Logunov 1996b)
Cymbium
(Logunov 1996b)
Tibial apophysis
(Logunov 1996b)
Habitus
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Logunov 1996b)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Epigyne
(Bauer & Höfer 2017)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Preepigyne
(Řezáč & Růžička 2022)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Vulva
(Logunov 1996b)
Vulva, variation
(Logunov 1996b)
Vulva
(Bauer & Höfer 2017)
Habitus
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Logunov 1996b)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
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Bauer T, Höfer H (2017) Erstnachweis von Oxyopes lineatus in Deutschland und faunistisch-taxonomische Anmerkungen zu weiteren besonderen Arten aus Baden-Württemberg (Araneae: Lycosidae, Oxyopidae, Salticidae, Thomisidae, Trachelidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 29-37
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Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Gregorič M, Kuntner M (2009) Epigean spider diversity in the classical karst. Hacquetia 8: 67-78
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
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Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
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Kůrka A, Naumova M, Indzhov S, Deltshev C (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21
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Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Řezáč M, Růžička V (2022) Thanatus aridorum Šilhavý, 1940 from Czechia is a junior synonym of Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Araneae: Philodromidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 15-18
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
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Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
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Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
Szita É, Samu F (2000) Taxonomical review of Thanatus species (Philodromidae, Araneae) of Hungary. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 46: 155-179
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WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2