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Philodromidae  Thorell, 1869 / Thanatus  C. L. Koch, 1837   37 species

Thanatus arcticus  Thorell, 1872

Description
Male

Prosoma pale brown, with light area from middle to anterior eyes, medially with 2 dark parallel lines. On each side 4 radiating dark lines. Opisthosoma with lanceolate on anterior half and longitudinal marking. Palp: Tibial retrolateral apophysis shorter than tibia. Cymbium with 4-5 spines basally. Embolus with curved tip and twisted base.

Prosoma length: 2.9 mm, prosoma width: 2.7 mm.

Body length male: 7.3-10 mm
Female

Colouration as in male. Epigyne: Epigynal plate wider than long. Atrium divided by broad septum, tapering posteriad. Openings on ventral side. Receptacles compact and complicated, with glands.

Body length female: 9.7-10.5 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): USA (Alaska), Canada, Greenland, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Japan
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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.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Russia, Northern   (Logunov, 1996b) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

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 pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Kulczyński W (1916) Araneae Sibiriae occidentalis arcticae. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Petrograd (8) 28(11): 1-44 pdf

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). Revue Arachnologique 11: 133-202 pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

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 pdf

Updates
30-11-2023 Distribution update Detail
23-10-2021 Image insert
28-09-2016 Datasheet update Detail
22-07-2014 Image insert
12-11-2013 Image insert