Thanatus meronensis Levy, 1977
Description
Male
Prosoma brown to reddish brown with wide, pale median area dorsally. Opisthosoma pale brown with distinct dark median lanceolate mark. Legs uniformly brownish yellow. Palp: Tibia with low, broad, retrolateral apophysis extending mesally to middle of tibia, upper edge of apophysis folds on itself, splitting distally into two pointed spines. Tegulum thick. Embolus thin and slightly curved.
Prosoma length: 1.5 mm, prosoma width: 1.5 mm.
Female
Colouration as in male. Epigyne: Relatively large. Median septum wide, opaque, almost parallel sided. Internal spermathecal organs visible through wide openings. Spermathecae large, close together, with reticulated surface.
Prosoma length: 1.9 mm, prosoma width: 1.9 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis, ventro-lateral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
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.
References
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) 
Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Blagoev G (2004) Spiders (Araneae) from the eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P. & A. Popov (eds.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft, Sofia, pp. 181-188
Logunov D V, Huseynov E F (2008) A faunistic review of the spider family Philodromidae (Aranei) of Azerbaijan. Arthropoda Selecta 17: 117-131
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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