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Genus: Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 | Family: Philodromidae Thorell, 1869

Thanatus zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:030077

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Described: j

Distribution: Ethiopia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo Zoologico di Storia Naturale "La Specola", Università degli Studi di Firenze (MZUF), Florence, Italy j (399) - (Berdondini & Whitman, 2003)

Taxonomic References

Thanatus zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939a: 359 (Dj) Original description

Thanatus zavattarii Sherwood, 2024b: 211 (immature, species inquirenda)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1939a). Arachnida. In: Missione biologica nel paese dei Borana. Raccolte zoologiche. Reale Accademia d'Italia Roma 3, 303-385. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b