- Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (
May 3 ,1830 -December 22 ,1901 ) was a Swedisharachnologist .Thorell studied spiders with
Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale deGenoa . He corresponded with other arachnologists, such asOctavius Pickard-Cambridge ,Eugène Simon andThomas Workman .He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850 to 1900.
Thorell wrote two significant works: "On European Spiders" (1869) and "Synonym of European Spiders" (1870-73).
Taxonomic honors
The
Orb-weaver spider genus "Thorellina " and thejumping spider genus "Thorelliola " are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders:* "
Araneus thorelli " (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (Araneidae )
* "Gasteracantha thorelli " Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (Araneidae )
* "Leviellus thorelli " (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (Araneidae )
* "Mandjelia thorelli " (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) (Barychelidae )
* "Clubiona thorelli " Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (Clubionidae )
* "Malamatidia thorelli " Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Sulawesi) (Clubionidae )
* "Corinnomma thorelli " Simon, 1905 (Java) (Corinnidae )
* "Ctenus thorelli " F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 (Sri Lanka) (Ctenidae )
* "Zelotes thorelli " Simon, 1914 (Southern Europe) (Gnaphosidae )
* "Hypochilus thorelli " Marx, 1888 (USA) (Hypochilidae )
* "Idiops thorelli " O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (South Africa) (Idiopidae )
* "Trichopterna thorelli " (Westring, 1861) (Palearctic) (Linyphiidae )
* "Lycosa thorelli " (Keyserling, 1877) (Colombia to Argentina) (Lycosidae )
* "Lycosula thorelli " (Berland, 1929) (Samoa, Marquesas Is.) (Lycosidae )
* "Pardosa thorelli " (Collett, 1876) (Norway) (Lycosidae )
* "Mecicobothrium thorelli " Holmberg, 1882 (Argentina, Uruguay) (Mecicobothriidae )
* "Miturga thorelli " Simon, 1909 (Western Australia) (Miturgidae )
* "Spermophora thorelli " Roewer, 1942 (Myanmar) (Pholcidae )
* "Cispius thorelli " Blandin, 1978 (Congo) (Pisauridae )
* "Bavia thorelli " Simon, 1901 (Sulawesi) (Salticidae )
* "Pancorius thorelli " (Simon, 1899) (Sumatra) (Salticidae )
* "Talavera thorelli " (Kulczyn'ski, 1891) (Palearctic) (Salticidae )
* "Pseudopoda thorelli " J�er, 2001 (Myanmar) (Sparassidae )
* "Afroblemma thorelli " (Brignoli, 1974) (Angola, Tanzania) (Tetrablemmidae )
* "Mesida thorelli " (Blackwall, 1877) (Seychelles) (Tetragnathidae )
* "Chilobrachys thorelli " Pocock, 1900 (India) (Theraphosidae )
* "Cyriopagopus thorelli " (Simon, 1901) (Malaysia) (Theraphosidae )
* "Helvibis thorelli " Keyserling, 1884 (Peru, Brazil) (Theridiidae )
* "Theridion thorelli " L. Koch, 1865 (New South Wales) (Theridiidae )
* "Tmarus thorelli " Comellini, 1955 (Congo) (Thomisidae )
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