Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870

Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012, On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae), Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43 (1), pp. 5-16 : 11

Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 ( Figs 22-23 )

Philodromus vegetus L. Koch, 1882 : 645, pl. 20, fig. 22; new synonymy.

Type material

Holotype female of Philodromus vegetus from Spain, Baleares, Mallorca, Miramare , begin May, Schaufuss leg.; not examined, unavailable in ZMB .

Comments

Figure 22 in KOCH (1882) shows a rounded epigynal plate with some concentric circles, typical for the epigyne of the common Thanatus vulgaris (compare Figs 22 and 23). This species has no less than eight synonyms in the Mediterranean region (LEVY 1977) and there is no doubt that Philodromus vegetus is yet another one.

Distribution

Circum-mediterranean.

Figures

Figs. 11 - 23. Figs. 11 - 12: Arctosa fulvolineata (Lucas, 1846). 11. Epigyne of Lycosa perspicax in KOCH (1882); 12. Epigyne of Arctosa fulvolineata in KNÜLLE (1959). Figs 13 - 16. Arctosa lacustris (Simon, 1876). 13. Male palp of Lycosa subhirsuta in KOCH (1882); 14. Male palp of Arctosa lacustris in KNÜLLE (1959); 15. Epigyne of Lycosa subhirsuta in KOCH (1882); 16. Epigyne of Arctosa lacustris in KNÜLLE (1959). Fig. 17. Epigyne of Lycosa conspersa in KOCH (1882). Fig. 18. Epigyne of Lycosa fraisei in KOCH (1882). Fig. 19. Epigyne of Lycosa insulana in KOCH (1882). Fig. 20. Epigyne of Lycosa simplex in KOCH (1882). Fig. 21. Male palp of Pardosa tenuipes in KOCH (1882). Figs 22 - 23. Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870. 22. Epigyne of Philodromus vegetus in KOCH (1882). 23. Epigyne of Thanatus vulgaris in SZITA & SAMU (2000).