Biology:Thanatus flavidus
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Short description: Species of spider
| Thanatus flavidus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Philodromidae |
| Genus: | Thanatus |
| Species: | T. flavidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875[1]
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Thanatus flavidus is a spider in the family Philodromidae, native to Greece, Ukraine and European Russia.[1] It has been noted for hunting bedbugs.[2] The males have been filmed biting the females legs, binding her body with silk and mating. Once mating has finished the male runs away.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taxon details Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/25549, retrieved 2020-11-28
- ↑ "Medicine: Bedbug Hunters". Time (magazine). 1929-09-09. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737831,00.html. Original version, while available, requires subscription, archived copy does not. (Thanatus is misspelled Thanatos in the article.)
- ↑ Learn, Joshua Rapp (21 November 2021). "Some male spiders tie up females to avoid being eaten". New Scientist (3309): 18.
- Lorando, N. T. (1929). "A biological method of destroying bedbugs". Scientific Monthly 29 (3): 265–68. Bibcode: 1929SciMo..29..265L.
Wikidata ☰ Q2670388 entry
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