Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MT UT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/29998
Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880
FAMILY: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837
Species: Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
General Comments: The known range of this species is Alaska to Manitoba, southward to California and Oklahoma. It has also been collected in Europe. After Dondale & Redner (1978).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
running crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CO MT UT WA WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
ambushers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
Stones, grass in alpine meadows and forests, cultivated land (Dondale & Redner, 1978).
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Buckle, Don
Details About Males
Description:
Carapace spotted and streaked with brown. Median area is pale enclosing dark triangular spot toward posterior. There is usually a white 'V' anterior to dorsal groove. Legs are uniformly brown to red-brown. Abdomen brown-yellow with distinct heart mark (Dondale & Redner, 1978).
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 6 mm
A = 2.88 mm
C = 2.68 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 8 mm
A = 3.17 mm
C = 2.91 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling 1880 |
| Thanatus alpinus Kulczynski 1887 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Emerton 1902 |
| Thanatus albomaculatus Kulczynski 1908 |
| Thanatus alpinus Lessert 1910 |
| Thanatus alpinus Simon 1932 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Gertsch 1933 |
| Thanatus albomaculatus Schenkel 1963 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Dondale, Turnbull & Redner 1964 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Schick 1965 |
| Thanatus alpinus Miller 1971 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Dondale & Redner 1978 |
| Thanatus albomaculatus Wu & Song 1987 |
| Thanatus alpinus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Logunov 1996 |
| Thanatus albomaculatus Song & Zhu 1997 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Szita & Samu 2000 |
| Thanatus albomaculatus Hu 2001 |
| Thanatus coloradensis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Dondale, C. D., A. L. Turnbull & J. H. Redner. 1964. Revision of the Nearctic species of Thanatus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Thomisidae). Can. Ent. 96: 636-656.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Gertsch, W. J. 1933. New genera and species of North American spiders. Amer. Mus. Novit. 636: 1-28.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
Keyserling, E. 1880. Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-283.
Kulczynski, W. 1908. Araneae et Oribatidae. Expeditionum rossicarum in insulas Novo-Sibiricas annis 1885-1886 et 1900-1903 susceptarum. Zap. imp. Akad. naouk St. Petersb. (8) 18(7): 1-97.
Kulczynski, W. 1887. Przyczynek do tyrolskiej fauny pajeczakow. Rozprav. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Krakowie 16: 245-356 (+ Anhang, pp. 1-12).
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Logunov, D. V. 1996. 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.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Schenkel, E. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481.
Schick, R. X. 1965. The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 129: 1-180.
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Song, D. X. & M. S. Zhu. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, viii + 259 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Szita, É. & F. Samu. 2000. Taxonomical review of Thanatus species (Philodromidae, Araneae) of Hungary. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 46: 155-179.
Wu, L. T. & D. X. Song. 1987. Notes on Inner Mongolian spiders of the family Philodromidae. J. Inner Mongolia Teacher's Univ. 1987(1): 28-37.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PHILODROMIDAE.html
Natural History References
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837‡‡
T. altimontis Gertsch, 1933 ...............USA
T. arcticus Thorell, 1872 ...............Holarctic
T. atratus Simon, 1875 ...............Palearctic
T. bungei (Kulczynski, 1908) ...............Russia, North America
T. formicinus (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
T. pictus L. Koch, 1881 ...............Palearctic
T. rubicellus Mello-Leitao, 1929 ...............USA, Canada
T. sabulosus (Menge, 1875) ...............Palearctic
T. striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 ...............Holarctic
T. vulgaris Simon, 1870 ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: PHILODROMIDAE, Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880.
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/29998 (Accessed: 10/13/2008 6:19:32 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2006-11-07T16:18:51Z