Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Tibial apophysis situated retrolaterally, with broad triangular base. Epigyne with round, sclerotised copulatory opening. Prosoma light brown to light reddish brown. Legs light brown, to light reddish brown. Opisthosoma light brown to light reddish brown.
Body length male: 5.2-7.4 mmBody length female: 6.9-12 mm
Additional information
In dry and semi-dry meadows and xerothermic forest steppes
Frequency: Frequent
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Bulbus, apical view
(Logunov 1996b)
Cymbium
(Logunov 1996b)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Logunov 1996b)
Habitus
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Barrientos & Urones 1985)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Vulva
(Barrientos & Urones 1985)
Vulva
(Logunov 1996b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Szita & Samu 2000)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Urones 1986)
References
Azheganova N S (1968) Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR: 1-149
Barrientos J A, Urones M C (1985) La colección de araneidos del Departamento de Zoología de la Universidad de Salamanca, V: arañas clubionoideas y tomisoideas. Boln Asoc esp Entomologia 9: 349-366
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London
Logunov D V (1996b) A critical review of the spider genera Apollophanes O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 and Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 in North Asia (Araneae, Philodromidae). Rev arachnol 11: 133-202
Logunov D V, Huseynov E F (2008) A faunistic review of the spider family Philodromidae (Aranei) of Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 17: 117-131
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Martynovchenko F A, Mikhailov K G (2014) Spiders (Aranei) of Teberda State Reserve: fauna and biotopic distribution. Euroasian Entomological Journal 13: 355-371
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2017) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version May 2017). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
Szita É, Samu F (2000) Taxonomical review of Thanatus species (Philodromidae, Araneae) of Hungary. Acta zool hung 46: 155-179
Tanasevitch A V, Kamayev I O (2011) Spiders of Kola Peninsula, Russia (Arachnida: Aranei). Caucasian entomol Bull 7: 7-32
Urones C (1986) La familia Philodromidae (Araneae) en el centro-oeste de la Península Ibérica. Boln Asoc esp Entomologia 10: 231-244
World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 27-12-2016 | Image insert | |
| 30-09-2015 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 12-11-2013 | Image insert |