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Sunday, 11 October 2015

Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 - False crab spider - Cyprus

Family: Philodromidae.
Thanatus is a genus of 'false crab spiders' described by C. L. Koch in 1837, belonging to the Order Araneae.
Species of this genus are present in most of Europe.
Adult members of this genus of spiders can reach 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in) of 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos  15/7/2015 by George Konstantinou


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