The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders.
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and many others. They are closely related to Clubionidae. At present, no ground spiders are known to be seriously venomous to humans.
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell was a Swedish arachnologist.
Bindax is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1892. As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found only on the Solomon Islands and Sulawesi: B. chalcocephalus and B. oscitans. The name is derived from Βίνδαξ, according to Thorell, a masculine name.
Chrysilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. Several species formerly placed here were transferred to Phintella, and vice versa. Females are 3 to 4 millimetres long, and males are 4 to 9 millimetres long. The genus is Persian, derived from the Greek Χρύσιλλα.
Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from Ἐπόκιλλος (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.
Omoedus is a genus of jumping spiders.
Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored. They have a slender opisthosoma and long legs.
Gelotia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890.
Cethegus is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.
Hamadruas is a genus of Asian lynx spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold in 2009.
Lipocrea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.
Oedignatha is a genus of Asian spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881 as a genus of corinnid sac spiders, and moved to Liocranidae in 2014.
Conothele is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Halonoproctidae, first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Halonoproctidae in 2018.
Camaricus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.
Cebrenninus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin in 2016. It is a senior synonym of Ascurisoma.
Asceua is a genus of Asian ant spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.
Nyctimus is a genus of crab spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877. As of April 2019 it contains only two species.
