Tibellus tenellus
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| Stretched Philodromid | |
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| specimen from Queensland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Philodromidae |
| Genus: | Tibellus |
| Species: | T. tenellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tibellus tenellus (L. Koch, 1876) | |
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Tibellus tenellus is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae. It is endemic to Australia, specifically known from Queensland.[1]
The species was originally described as Thanatus tenellus by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1876 based on a female specimen collected from Peak Downs, Queensland.[2] It was later transferred to the genus Tibellus and is currently classified in the family Philodromidae (running crab spiders).[1]
Many records of T. tenellus from Asia have been determined to be misidentifications of other species in the genus, particularly Tibellus japonicus and Tibellus orientis.[3][4]
