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Thanatus (genus)
''Thanatus'' is a genus of false crab spiders described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837, belonging to the order Araneae, family Philodromidae. Species of this genus are present in most of Europe. Adult members of this genus of spiders can reach in length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism) on low vegetation. The members of this genus have a clear leaf-like cardiac mark on the anterior dorsal elongated abdomen. They are very similar to ''Philodromus'' species, but they can mainly be distinguished by differences in the eyes. Species This genus includes approximately 100 species: * ''Thanatus africanus'' Ferdinand Karsch, Karsch, 1878 * ''Thanatus albescens'' Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 * ''Thanatus alpinus'' Kulczyński, 1887 * ''Thanatus altimontis'' Gertsch, 1933 * ''Thanatus arcticus'' Tamerlan Thorell, Thorell, 1872 * ''Thanatus arenarius'' Thorell, 1872 * ''Thanatus arenicola'' (Schmidt, 1976) * ''Thanatus aridorum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work ''Die Arachniden'' (1831–1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786–1836). Koch was responsible for the last 12 volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in ''Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten'' lements of the insect fauna of Germanya work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829). He also co-authored, with Georg Karl Berendt, an important monograph ''Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt'' (1854) on arachnids, myriapods, and wingless insects in amber based on material in Berendt's collection, now held in the Muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |