Thanatus is a genus of false crab spiders described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837, belonging to the order Araneae, family Philodromidae. Species of this genus are present in most of Europe. Adult members of this genus of spiders can reach in length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism) on low vegetation. The members of this genus have a clear leaf-like cardiac mark on the anterior dorsal elongated abdomen. They are very similar to Philodromus species, but they can mainly be distinguished by differences in the eyes. Species This genus includes approximately 100 species: Thanatus africanus Karsch, 1878 Thanatus albescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 Thanatus alpinus Kulczyński, 1887 Thanatus altimontis Gertsch, 1933 Thanatus arcticus Thorell, 1872 Thanatus arenarius Thorell, 1872 Thanatus arenicola (Schmidt, 1976) Thanatus aridorum Silhavy, 1940 Thanatus atlanticus Berland, 1936 Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875 Thanatus balestrerii Caporiacco, 1935 Thanatus bungei (Kulczynski, 1908) Thanatus chorillensis Keyserling, 1880 Thanatus coloradensis Keyserling, 1880 Thanatus constellatus Charitonov, 1946 Thanatus coreanus Paik, 1979 Thanatus cronebergi Simon, 1895 Thanatus dahurianus Logunov, 1997 Thanatus denisi Brignoli, 1983 Thanatus dhakuricus Tikader, 1960 Thanatus dissimilis Denis, 1960 Thanatus dorsilineatus Jézéquel, 1964 Thanatus fabricii (Audouin, 1826) Thanatus firmetorum Muster & Thaler, 2003 Thanatus flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875 Thanatus flavus O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 Thanatus forbesi Pocock, 1903 Thanatus formicinus (Clerck, 1757) Thanatus fornicatus Simon, 1897 Thanatus frederici Denis, 1941 Thanatus fuscipes Denis, 1957 Thanatus gigas (C.L. Koch, 1837) Thanatus gnaquiensis Strand, 1908 Thanatus granadensis Keyserling, 1880 Thanatus hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997 Thanatus imbecillus L. Koch, 1878 Thanatus inconsuetus Caporiacco, 1940 Thanatus indicus Simon, 1885 Thanatus jabalpurensis Gajbe & Gajbe, 1999 Thanatus jaikensis Ponomarev, 2007 Thanatus jugorum Simon, 1916 Thanatus ketani Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 Thanatus kitabensis Charitonov, 1946 Thanatus lamottei Jézéquel, 1964 Thanatus lanatus Logunov, 1996 Thanatus lanceolatus Simon, 1875 Thanatus lanceoletus Tikader, 1966 Thanatus lesserti (Roewer, 1951) Thanatus lineatipes Simon, 1870 Thanatus luederitzi Simon, 1910 Thanatus maculatus Keyserling, 1880 Thanatus mandali Tikader, 1965 Thanatus meronensis Levy, 1977 Thanatus mikhailovi Logunov, 1996 Thanatus miniaceus Simon, 1880 Thanatus mongolicus (Schenkel, 1936) Thanatus multipunctatus Strand, 1906 Thanatus mus Strand, 1908 Thanatus namaquensis Simon, 1910 Thanatus neimongol Wu & Song, 1987 Thanatus nigromaculatus Kulczynski, 1885 Thanatus nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969 Thanatus nitidus Logunov & Kunt, 2010 Thanatus oblongiusculus (Lucas, 1846) - Southern Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Ukraine, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, Iran, China Thanatus okayi Karol, 1966 Thanatus ornatus (Lucas, 1846) Thanatus