In synonymy:
Paratibellus Simon, 1932 = Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 (Logunov & Huseynov, 2008: 126)
Transferred to other genera:
Thanatus gracilentus (Lucas, 1846) -- see Tibellus
Thanatus granadensis Keyserling, 1880 -- see Petrichus
Thanatus macropalpus Paik, 1979 -- see Apollophanes
Thanatus marionschmidtae Schmidt, 1990 -- see Pulchellodromus
Thanatus punctiger O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 -- see Apollophanes
Thanatus quadrilineatus (Lucas, 1838) -- see Pisaura
Thanatus vittatus Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891 -- see Tibellus
In synonymy:
Thanatus adjacens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) = Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826) (Levy, 1977: 219)
Thanatus albomaculatus Kulczyński, 1908 = Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880 (Logunov, 1996b: 151)
Thanatus alpinus Kulczyński, 1887 = Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880 (Gertsch, 1934a: 1)
Thanatus aridorum Šilhavý, 1940 = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Řezáč & Růžička, 2022: 16)
Thanatus babaly (Lyakhov, 1996, T from Apollophanes) = Thanatus pictus L. Koch, 1881 (Szita & Samu, 2000: 168)
Thanatus canadensis Gertsch, 1933 = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Kaston, 1948: 438)
Thanatus cervini Simon, 1875 = Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826) (Levy, 1977: 219)
Thanatus constellatus Charitonov, 1946 = Thanatus oblongiusculus (Lucas, 1846) (Logunov & Huseynov, 2008: 126)
Thanatus dvoraki Silhavy, 1941 = Thanatus arenarius L. Koch, 1872 (Miller, 1971: 130)
Thanatus graciosus Simon, 1875 = Thanatus sabulosus (Menge, 1875) (Lessert, 1910b: 393)
Thanatus hirsutus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) = Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 (Simon, 1926: 885)
Thanatus jugorum Simon, 1916 = Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 (Muster & Thaler, 2003: 381)
Thanatus jugorum saturatior Simon, 1932 = Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 (Muster & Thaler, 2003: 376)
Thanatus kolymensis Marusik, 1991 = Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872 (Logunov, 1996b: 147)
Thanatus lapponicus Jackson, 1932 = Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872 (Holm, 1967: 81)
Thanatus lycosoides Emerton, 1892 = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Kaston, 1938d: 191)
Thanatus mediocris Kulczyński, 1908 = Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872 (Marusik & Szűts, 2023: 95)
Thanatus mundus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 = Thanatus arenarius L. Koch, 1872 (Simon, 1875a: 321)
Thanatus nigromaculatus Kulczyński, 1885 = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Marusik & Szűts, 2023: 95)
Thanatus nitidus Logunov & Kunt, 2010 = Thanatus lesserti (Roewer, 1951) (Logunov, 2011: 446)
Thanatus notatus (Reuss, 1834) = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1999b: 189)
Thanatus odorus Strand, 1915 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 215)
Thanatus pallidus Tystshenko, 1965 = Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 (Logunov, 1996b: 185)
Thanatus patricia (Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955) = Thanatus bungei (Kulczyński, 1908) (Marusik, 1989a: 144)
Thanatus peninsulanus Banks, 1898 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Dondale, Turnbull & Redner, 1964: 653)
Thanatus purcelli Simon, 1910 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 215)
Thanatus rehobothicola Strand, 1915 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 216)
Thanatus retentus Chamberlin, 1919 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Kaston, 1948: 439, sub Thanatus peninsulanus)
Thanatus rhombiferens (Walckenaer, 1826, T from Philodromus) = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Thorell, 1872a: 270)
Thanatus rhomboicus (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Thomisus) = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Simon, 1932: 229, sub Philodromus)
Thanatus rowani Gertsch, 1933 = Thanatus rubicellus Mello-Leitão, 1929 (Dondale, Turnbull & Redner, 1964: 648)
Thanatus sahariensis Millot, 1941 = Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826) (Levy, 1977: 220)
Thanatus setosus (Petrunkevitch, 1929, T from Philodromus) = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Dondale & Redner, 1976a: 155)
Thanatus sibiricus Kulczyński, 1901 = Thanatus sabulosus (Menge, 1875) (Marusik & Szűts, 2023: 96)
Thanatus sitiens (Fage, 1929, T from Philodromus) = Thanatus fornicatus Simon, 1897 (Muster, 2009a: 144)
Thanatus testaceus Thorell, 1875 = Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875 (Simon, 1885c: 324)
Thanatus testaceus (Panzer, 1804, T from Aranea) = Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) (Thorell, 1872a: 270)
Thanatus thorelli (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872, T from Vacchellia) = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 214)
Thanatus ursus Simon, 1875 = Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 (Simon, 1932: 885)
Thanatus vegetus (L. Koch, 1882, T from Philodromus) = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012a: 11)
Thanatus vulgaris borealis Tullgren, 1942 = Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 (Kronestedt, 1983: 195)
Thanatus vulgaris brevipes Kulczyński, 1903 = Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 (Muster & Thaler, 2003: 376)
Thanatus vulgaris maderianus Kulczyński, 1903 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Wunderlich, 1987a: 261)
Thanatus vulgaris major Simon, 1870 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 214)
Thanatus vulgaris syriensis Strand, 1913 = Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 (Levy, 1977: 215)
Thanatus walteri Gertsch, 1933 = Thanatus striatus C. L. Koch, 1845 (Kaston, 1948: 438)
Thanatus xizangensis Hu & Li, 1987 = Thanatus miniaceus Simon, 1880 (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 478)
Thanatus yiningensis (Hu & Wu, 1989, T from Philodromus) = Thanatus oblongiusculus (Lucas, 1846) (Logunov, 1996b: 167, sub Thanatus constellatus)
Homonyms replaced:
Thanatus lineatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 -- see Thanatus lesserti Roewer, 1951 Roewer, 1951
Thanatus punctulatus Denis, 1958 -- see Thanatus denisi Brignoli, 1983
Thanatus rubicundus Keyserling, 1880 -- see Thanatus rubicellus Mello-Leitão, 1929 Mello-Leitão, 1929d
Nomina dubia:
Thanatus albicans Franganillo, 1918b: 122 (f, Spain) -- Urones, 1996: 34
Thanatus albini (Audouin, 1826: 161, pl. 6, f. 4, m, North Africa, originally in Philodromus) -- Levy, 1977: 218
Thanatus flavescens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 592 (j, Egypt) -- Sherwood, 2024b: 197
Thanatus gigas (C. L. Koch, 1837b: 27, Greece, originally in Artamus) -- Muster, 2009a: 166
Thanatus multipunctatus Strand, 1906b: 628 (mf, Ethiopia, East Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 25
Thanatus paucipunctatus Strand, 1906b: 628 (f, Somalia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 25
Nomina nuda:
Thanatus fagei Gerhardt, 1933: 35 (mf, Israel) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055421] -- Gerhardt, 1933: 35, no description
Thanatus fulvus Franganillo, 1917: 246 (Spain) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055350] -- Franganillo, 1917: 246, no description