| Thanatus namaquensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Philodromidae |
| Genus: | Thanatus |
| Species: | T. namaquensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thanatus namaquensis Simon, 1910 [1] | |
Thanatus namaquensis is a species of spider in the family Philodromidae. [2] It is commonly known as the Namaque ground running spider. [3]
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Thanatus namaquensis is endemic to South Africa. [2] The species is known only from the type locality Kamaggas in the Northern Cape, at an altitude of 231 m above sea level. [3]
Thanatus namaquensis are free-living ground dwellers sampled from the Succulent Karoo biome. [3]
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Thanatus namaquensis is listed as Data Deficient for Taxonomic reasons. The species is a Northern Cape endemic known only from the type locality. The status of the species remains obscure and more sampling is needed to collect the male and determine the species range. [3]
The species was originally described by Simon (1910) from Kamaggas. The African species have not been revised and the species is known only from the female. [3]
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