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Genus: Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826 | Family: Philodromidae Thorell, 1869

Philodromus denisi Levy, 1977

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029799

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Described:

Distribution: Libya, Egypt

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Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 1f - (Levy, 1977)

Taxonomic References

Thanatus albini Denis, 1947a: 58, pl. 4, f. 2-3 (mf; misidentified per Levy, 1977: 214)

Philodromus denisi Levy, 1977: 214 (new name for Thanatus albini sensu Denis) Original description

References

Denis, J. (1947a). Results of the Armstrong College expedition to Siwa Oasis (Libyan desert), 1935. Spiders [Araneae]. Bulletin de la Société Fouad 1^er d'Entomologie 31: 17-103, pl. 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1977). The philodromid spiders of Israel (Araneae: Philodromidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 26: 193-229. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-11-02	Species distribution update	El-Hennawy, 2017a	Old value