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Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901)
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arachnologist Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly ...
. Thorell studied spiders with
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at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de
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. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider from a large collection that he made with contrib ...
,
Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
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).


Taxonomic honors

The
Orb-weaver spider Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
genus '' Thorellina'' and the
jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
genus ''
Thorelliola ''Thorelliola'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1942. It is named after arachnologist Tamerlan Thorell. Species it contains nineteen species, found in Asia, on the Marshall Islands, in Kirib ...
'' are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders: * '' Araneus thorelli'' (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (
Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
) * '' Gasteracantha thorelli'' Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (
Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
) * '' Leviellus thorelli'' (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (
Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
) * ''
Mandjelia thorelli ''Mandjelia thorelli'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1990 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. Distribution and habitat The species occurs in North Queensla ...
'' (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) (
Barychelidae Barychelidae, also known as brushed trapdoor spiders, is a spider family with about 300 species in 39 genera. Behaviour Most spiders in this family build trapdoor burrows. For example, the long '' Sipalolasma'' builds its burrow in rotted wood, ...
) * ''
Clubiona thorelli ''Clubiona'' is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. Species the genus contains 493 species and seven subspecies. These species and subspecies are found in Oceania, Africa, North America, the Carib ...
'' Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (
Clubionidae The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae are nocturnal, sac-building hunting spiders with a near-worldwide distribution. Their sacs, silken retreats in which they hide during the day, may be made in a variety of places, including between folded ...
) * '' Malamatidia thorelli'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Sulawesi) (
Clubionidae The sac spiders of the family Clubionidae are nocturnal, sac-building hunting spiders with a near-worldwide distribution. Their sacs, silken retreats in which they hide during the day, may be made in a variety of places, including between folded ...
) * '' Corinnomma thorelli'' Simon, 1905 (Java) (
Corinnidae Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now very much sm ...
) * '' Ctenus thorelli'' F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897 (Sri Lanka) (
Ctenidae Wandering spiders (''Ctenidae'') are a family of spiders that includes the Brazilian wandering spiders. These spiders have a distinctive longitudinal groove on the top-rear of their oval carapace similar to those of the Amaurobiidae. They are h ...
) * '' Zelotes thorelli'' Simon, 1914 (Southern Europe) (
Gnaphosidae 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'', '' Drassode ...
) * ''
Hypochilus thorelli ''Hypochilus thorelli'' is a species of spider in the family Hypochilidae. Unlike almost all other araneomorph or "true" spiders, members of the family have four book lungs. They are often called "lampshade spiders" because of the shape of their ...
'' Marx, 1888 (USA) (
Hypochilidae Lampshade spiders, family Hypochilidae, are among the most primitive of araneomorph spiders. There are two genus, genera and twelve species currently recognized. Like mygalomorphs, most hypochilids have two pairs of book lungs, but like araneomor ...
) * '' Idiops thorelli'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1870 (South Africa) (
Idiopidae Idiopidae, also known as armored or spiny trapdoor spiders, is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly o ...
) * ''
Trichopterna thorelli ''Trichopterna'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by C. Chyzer & Władysław Kulczyński in 1894. Species it contains nine species, found only in Africa, Asia, and Europe: *'' Trichopterna cito'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) ...
'' (Westring, 1861) (Palearctic) (
Linyphiidae Linyphiidae, spiders commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs), or money spiders (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Portugal) is a family of very small spiders comprising 4706 described species in 6 ...
) * ''
Lycosa thorelli ''Lycosa'' is a genus of wolf spiders distributed throughout most of the world. Sometimes called the "true tarantula", though not closely related to the spiders most commonly called tarantulas today, ''Lycosa'' spp. can be distinguished from comm ...
'' (Keyserling, 1877) (Colombia to Argentina) (
Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the Family (biology), family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin spider web, webs. Some are opportunis ...
) * '' Lycosula thorelli'' (Berland, 1929) (Samoa, Marquesas Is.) (
Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the Family (biology), family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin spider web, webs. Some are opportunis ...
) * '' Pardosa thorelli'' (Collett, 1876) (Norway) (
Lycosidae Wolf spiders are members of the Family (biology), family Lycosidae (), named for their robust and agile hunting skills and excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and usually do not spin spider web, webs. Some are opportunis ...
) * ''
Mecicobothrium thorelli ''Mecicobothrium thorelli'' is a spider in the family Mecicobothriidae, native to Argentina and Uruguay. It was first described in 1882 by Holmberg. The specific name ''thorelli'' honours Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1 ...
'' Holmberg, 1882 (Argentina, Uruguay) (
Mecicobothriidae Dwarf tarantulas, also known as sheet funnel-web spiders are a type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae. Dwarf tarantulas are one of several families of the suborder Mygalomorphae; this larger group also includes the true tarantulas. Desc ...
) * '' Miturga thorelli'' Simon, 1909 (Western Australia) (
Miturgidae Miturgidae is a family of araneomorph spiders that includes nearly 170 species in 29 genera worldwide. First described by Eugène Simon in 1886, it has been substantially revised, and includes the previous family Zoridae as a synonym, and exclude ...
) * '' Spermophora thorelli'' Roewer, 1942 (Myanmar) (
Pholcidae The Pholcidae are a Family (biology), family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spid ...
) * '' Cispius thorelli'' Blandin, 1978 (Congo) (
Pisauridae Nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. Females of the family are known for building special nursery webs. When their eggs are about to hatch, a female spider builds a tent-li ...
) * '' Bavia thorelli'' Simon, 1901 (Sulawesi) (
Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
) * '' Pancorius thorelli'' (Simon, 1899) (Sumatra) (
Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
) * '' Talavera thorelli'' (Kulczyn'ski, 1891) (Palearctic) (
Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
) * '' Pseudopoda thorelli'' Jäger, 2001 (Myanmar) (
Sparassidae Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), catch their prey by hunting rather than in webs. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to ...
) * '' Afroblemma thorelli'' (Brignoli, 1974) (Angola, Tanzania) (
Tetrablemmidae Tetrablemmidae, sometimes called armored spiders, is a family of tropical araneomorph spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873. It contains 126 described species in 29 genera from southeast Asia, with a few that occur in Afri ...
) * '' Mesida thorelli'' (Blackwall, 1877) (Seychelles) (
Tetragnathidae Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-s ...
) * '' Chilobrachys thorelli'' Pocock, 1900 (India) (
Theraphosidae Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...
) * '' Cyriopagopus thorelli'' (Simon, 1901) (Malaysia) (
Theraphosidae Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...
) * '' Helvibis thorelli'' Keyserling, 1884 (Peru, Brazil) (
Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...
) * '' Theridion thorelli'' L. Koch, 1865 (New South Wales) (
Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...
) * '' Tmarus thorelli'' Comellini, 1955 (Congo) (
Thomisidae 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 thi ...
)


Works

* 1856
Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus
N. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsal. (3) 2(1): 61-176. * 1858: Om Clercks original-spindelsammlung. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 15: 143–154. * 1858: Till kännedomen om slägten a Mithras och Uloborus. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 15: 191–205. * 1859: Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 16: 299–304. * 1868: Arachnida. In Eisen, G. & A. Stuxberg, Bidrag till kännedomen om Gotska-Sandön. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 25: 379. * 1868: Araneae. Species novae minusve cognitae. In Virgin, C. A., Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden. Uppsala, Zoologi, Arachnida, pp. 1–34. * 1869: On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova Acta reg. Soc. sci. Upsaliae (3) 7: 1–108. * 1870: Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1–96. * 1870: On European spiders. Nov. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsaline (3) 7: 109–242. * 1870: Araneae nonnullae Novae Hollandie, descriptae. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 27: 367–389. * 1871: Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part II. Uppsala, pp. 97–228. * 1871: Om Arachnider fran Spitsbergin och Beeren-Eiland. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 28: 683-702 * 1872: Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part III. Upsala, pp. 229–374. * 1872: Om några Arachnider från Grönland. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 29: 147–166. * 1873: Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part IV. Uppsala, pp. 375–645. * 1875
Diagnoses Aranearum Europaearum aliquot novarum
Tijdschr. Ent. 18: 81-108. * 1875: Verzeichniss südrussischer Spinnen. Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 11: 39-122. * 1875: Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 13(5): 1–203. * 1875: Notice of some spiders from Labrador. Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 17: 490–504. * 1875: On some spiders from New-Caledonia, Madagascar and Réunion. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 130–149. * 1877: Due ragni esotici descritti. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 9: 301–310. * 1877: Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 10: 341–637. * 1877: Descriptions of the Araneae collected in Colorado in 1875, by A. S. Packard jun., M.D. Bull. U. S. geol. Surv. 3: 477–529. * 1878: Notice of the spiders of the 'Polaris' expedition. Amer. Natural. 12: 393–396. * 1878: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 13: 1–317. * 1881: Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 17: 1–727. * 1887: Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 25: 5–417. * 1890
Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani
IV, 1. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 28: 1–419. * 1890
Aracnidi di Nias e di Sumatra raccolti nel 1886 dal Sig. E. Modigliani
Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 30: 5–106. * 1890: Diagnoses aranearum aliquot novarum in Indo-Malesia inventarum. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 30: 132–172. * 1890: Arachnidi di Pinang raccolti nel 1889 dai Signori L. Loria e L. Fea. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 30: 269–383. * 1891: Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Acad. Handl. 24(2): 1–149. * 1892: Novae species aranearum a Cel. Th. Workman in ins. Singapore collectae. Boll. Soc. ent. ital. 24: 209–252. * 1892: On some spiders from the Andaman Islands, collected by E. W. Oates, Esq. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 9: 226–237. * 1892
Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani
IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1–490. * 1894: Förteckning öfver arachnider från Java och närgrändsande öar, insamlade af Carl Aurivillius; jemte beskrifningar å några sydasiatiska och sydamerikanska spindlar. Bih. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 20(4): 1-63. * 1894: Decas aranearum in ins. Singapore a Cel. Th. Workman inventarum. Boll. Soc. ent. ital. 26: 321–355. * 1895
Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma
* 1897, with J. Castelnau: Notes sur Hyptiotes anceps. Feuille jeun. Natural. 27: 107–111. * 1897: Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXIII. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. I. Parallelodontes. Tubitelariae. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova (2) 17 37 161–267. * 1897: Araneae paucae Asiae australis. Bih. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 22(6): 1-36. * 1898: Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXX. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. II. Retitelariae et Orbitelariae. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova (2) 19 39 271–378. * 1899: Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bih. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 25(1): 1–105.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorell Swedish arachnologists 1830 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Swedish zoologists Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala