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Species Thanatus vulgaris

Running Crab Spider - Thanatus vulgaris - female

Running Crab Spider from SoCal - Thanatus vulgaris - female

Cricket thief - dorsal - Thanatus vulgaris - male

Thanatus vulgaris in cricket shipment - Thanatus vulgaris - female

T. vulgaris male - Thanatus vulgaris - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Philodromidae (Running Crab Spiders)

Genus Thanatus

Species vulgaris (Thanatus vulgaris)

Identification

Look for three prolateral spines on femur I.

Voucher specimen:

male

Range

Ohio south to Georgia and west to Idaho, and also California. (1)

Remarks

Often found in cricket shipments.

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 17 February, 2007 - 11:10am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 7 September, 2011 - 9:16am

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