Nearctic States & Provinces: AZ CO
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/30073
Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870
FAMILY: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870
Genus: Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837
Species: Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870
Common Names
Family Common Name:
running crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AZ CO
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:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Gabriel, Guido
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Drassus notatus Wider 1834 |
| Thanatus major Simon 1870 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Simon 1870 |
| Philodromus thorellii O. P.-Cambridge 1872 |
| Thanatus major Simon 1875 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Simon 1875 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Thanatus peninsulanus Banks 1898 |
| Thanatus vulgaris maderianus Kulczynski 1903 |
| Thanatus purcelli Simon 1910 |
| Thanatus vulgaris syriensis Strand 1913 |
| Thanatus odorus Strand 1915 |
| Thanatus rehobothicola Strand 1915 |
| Thanatus notatus Strand 1916 |
| Thanatus retentus Chamberlin 1919 |
| Philodromus setosus Petrunkevitch 1929 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Simon 1932 |
| Thanatus vulgaris major Simon 1932 |
| Vacchellia thorelli Caporiacco 1935 |
| Thanatus peninsulanus Kaston 1948 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Dondale, Turnbull & Redner 1964 |
| Thanatus peninsulanus Schick 1965 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Miller 1971 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Dondale & Redner 1976 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Levy 1977 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Dondale & Redner 1978 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Paik 1979 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Zhou & Song 1985 |
| Thanatus pateli Hu & Li 1987 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Wu & Song 1987 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Wunderlich 1987 |
| Tibellus pateli Hu & Li 1987 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Wunderlich 1992 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Zhao 1993 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Hansen 1995 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Logunov 1996 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Song & Zhu 1997 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Levy 1999 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Lyakhov 2000 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Szita & Samu 2000 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Hu 2001 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Kim & Jung 2001 |
| Thanatus vulgaris Jäger 2002 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1872. General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 212-354.
Caporiacco, L. di. 1935. Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New Californian spiders. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 12: 1-17.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
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. & J. H. Redner. 1976. A review of the spider genus Philodromus in the Americas (Araneida: Philodromidae). Can. Ent. 108: 127-157.
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.
Hansen, H. 1995. Über die Arachniden-fauna von urbanen Lebensräumen in Venedig - III. Die epigäischen Spinnen eines Stadtparkes (Arachnida: Araneae). Boll. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Venezia 44: 7-36.
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.
Hu, J. L. & A. H. Li. 1987. The spiders collected from the fields and the forests of Xizang Autonomous Region, China. (II). Agricultural Insects, Spiders, Plant Diseases and Weeds of Xizang 2: 247-353.
Hu, J. L. & W. G. Wu. 1989. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong Univ. Publ. House, Jinan, 435 pp.
Jäger, P. 2002. Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 - ein Weltenbummler (Araneae: Philodromidae). Arachnol. Mitt. 23: 49-57.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kim, J. P. & J. Y. Jung. 2001. A revisional study of the spider family Prodidomidae O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnol. 17: 185-222.
Kulczynski, W. 1903. Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae. Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1903: 32-58.
Levy, G. 1999. New thomisid and philodromid spiders (Araneae) from southern Israel. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 11: 185-190.
Levy, G. 1977. The philodromid spiders of Israel (Araneae: Philodromidae). Israel J. Zool. 26: 193-229.
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.
Lyakhov, O. V. 2000. Contribution to the Middle Asian fauna of the spider genus Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 (Aranei: Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta 8: 221-230.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Paik, K. Y. 1979. Four species of the genus Thanatus (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Korea. J. Grad. School Educ. Kyungpook Natn. Univ. 11: 117-131.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1929. Descriptions of new or inadequately known American spiders (Second paper). Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 22: 511-524.
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.
Simon, E. 1910. Arachnoidea. Araneae (ii). In, Schultze, L., Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im Westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Denkschr. med. naturw. Ges. Jena. 16: 175-218.
Simon, E. 1875. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 2: 1-350.
Simon, E. 1870. Aranéides noveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. sulle specie europee della famiglia degli Attidi. Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Liège (2) 3: 271-358.
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.
Strand, E. 1916. Systematische-faunistiche Studien über paläarktische, afrikanische und amerikanische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Arch. Naturg. 81(A9): 1-153.
Strand, E. 1915. Dritte Miteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr J. Aharoni. Arch. Naturg. 81(A2): 134-171.
Strand, E. 1913. Erste Mitteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr J. Aharoni. Arch. Naturg. 79(A10): 147-162.
Szita, É. & F. Samu. 2000. Taxonomical review of Thanatus species (Philodromidae, Araneae) of Hungary. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 46: 155-179.
Wider, 1834. Beschreibung der Arachniden. In Reuss, A., Zoologischen miscellen. Mus. Senck. (Abh.) 1: 195-282.
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.
Wunderlich, J. 1992. Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beitr. Araneol. 1: 1-619.
Wunderlich, J. 1987. Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops Verlag, Langen, West Germany.
Zhao, J. Z. 1993. Spiders in the Cotton Fields in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 552 pp.
Zhou, N. L. & D. X. Song. 1985. Six new records of spiders from China. La Animala Mondo 2: 271-276.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PHILODROMIDAE.html
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. coloradensis Keyserling, 1880 ...............Holarctic
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
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution