Thanatus flavidus
| Thanatus flavidus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Philodromidae |
| Genus: | Thanatus |
| Species: | T. flavidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thanatus flavidus E. Simon, 1875 [1] | |
Thanatus flavidus is a spider of the family Philodromidae and genus Thanatus that lives in Greece, Russia and Ukraine. It has been noted for hunting bedbugs.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Norman I. Platnick. "Thanatus flavidus". The World Spider Catalog. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ↑ "Medicine: Bedbug Hunters". Time. 1929-09-09. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Note that Thanatus is misspelled Thanatos in the article.
- Lorando, N. T. 1929. "A biological method of destroying bedbugs." Scientific Monthly, vol. 29, issue 3, pp. 265–68. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1929SciMo..29..265L