This article is about the Swedish Arachnologist. For the French botanist and explorer, see Clovis Thorel.
Swedish arachnologist
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901)[1] was a Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Eugène Simon and Thomas Workman.
He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850s to 1900.
Thorell wrote: On European Spiders (1869) and Synonym of European Spiders (1870-73).
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico...
Thorell may refer to various people TamerlanThorell (1830–1901), Swedish arachnologist Hildegard Katarina Thorell (1850–1930), Swedish portrait painter...
(Oxyopidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1870. Most species make little use of webs, instead spending their...
Charles Walckenaer in 1802. It was transferred to the genus Steatoda by TamerlanThorell in 1873 (although it had been placed in the genus previously under...
and East Asia. It was first collected by the Swedish arachnologist TamerlanThorell in the Karen Hills in Myanmar, but is also found in Thailand, India...
spelling Thelyphonidea). The alternative name, Uropygi, was first used by TamerlanThorell in 1883. It means "tail rump", from Ancient Greek οὐροπύγιον (ouropugion)...
by TamerlanThorell in 1892. In these early studies ricinuleids were thought to be unusual harvestmen (Opiliones), and in his 1892 paper Thorell introduced...
spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell in 1870 (then known as subfamily Philodrominae within Thomisidae)...
Hypoctonus is a genus of Thelyphonid whip scorpions, first described by TamerlanThorell in 1888. As of October 2022[update], the World Uropygi Catalog accepts...
spiders in the family Halonoproctidae, and was first described by TamerlanThorell in 1875. As of April 2022[update] it contained fifty-six species. Ummidia...
The spider family Liphistiidae was first recognized by TamerlanThorell in 1869. When narrowly circumscribed, it comprises a single genus Liphistius, native...
bark spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1868. Most species are found in south eastern Africa and neighboring...
medical importance of these venomous spiders. Swedish arachnologist TamerlanThorell described the redback spider in 1870 from specimens collected in Rockhampton...
araneomorph spiders in the family Phrurolithidae, first described by TamerlanThorell in 1897. As of December 2021[update] it contains 123 species: Otacilia...
It was first described by TamerlanThorell in 1897, and is found in Myanmar. List of Sparassidae species "Gen. Geminia Thorell, 1897". World Spider Catalog...
by TamerlanThorell in 1869. As of February 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 35 species: Phrynarachne bimaculata Thorell, 1895...
is a tropical and subtropical family of spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1869, which are commonly known as tree trunk spiders. They have...
New Guinea, and was first described in 1877 by Swedish arachnologist TamerlanThorell. The species grows to about 40 mm in length. Colouration is yellowish-brown...
Acantheis is a genus of Asian wandering spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1891. As of April 2019[update] it contains nine species: Acantheis...
palp-footed spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1890. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical...
Badumna is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by TamerlanThorell in 1890. They are harmless spiders that can be found around human structures...
described in 1882 by Holmberg. The specific name thorelli honours TamerlanThorell. The species is most abundant in autumn and winter. "Taxon details...
of Southern Pacific huntsman spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Dahls Thorell in 1877. It was branched from Isopeda in 1990. As of September 2019[update]...
Cyrtarachne is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by TamerlanThorell in 1868. As of April 2019[update] it contains fifty-five species: C. akirai...
of mammals (in Greek, mygale means "shrew"). Accordingly, in 1869, TamerlanThorell used the family name "Theraphosoidae" (modern Theraphosidae) for the...
Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by TamerlanThorell in 1887. They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably...
Chrysilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by TamerlanThorell in 1887. Several species formerly placed here were transferred to Phintella...
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