Thanatus firmetorum Muster & Thaler, 2003
Description
Male
Bulbus with small tegular apophysis. Embolus massive, tapering towards tip, with dorsal keel. Prosoma dark brown without median and lateral bands, sometimes with yellowish heart-shaped central spot. Sternum brown. Legs brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey, dorsally with cardiac mark. Spinnerets yellowish grey.
Body length male: 4.55-5.1 mmFemale
Epigyne broad, central division wider than long. Colouration as in males. Legs brown, sometimes with black spots. Femur dorsally with 2 converging yellow stripes.
Body length female: 6.8-7.5 mmAdditional information
endemic species of the Alps, in scree above timberline, 2000-3000 m a.s.l.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Muster & Thaler 2003)
Tip of embolus
(Muster & Thaler 2003)
Epigyne
(Muster & Thaler 2003)
Vulva, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2003)
Distribution List
References
Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76 
Muster C, Thaler K (2003) The Thanatus striatus species group in the eastern Alps, with description of Thanatus firmetorum sp. n. (Araneae: Philodromidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 376-382
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). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
World Spider Catalog (2020) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.03.2020) doi: 10.24436/2