Asialathys

Asialathys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lathyidae
Genus:	Asialathys; Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025
Type species
	Lathys spiralis; Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012
Species
	5, see text

Asialathys is a genus of spiders in the family Lathyidae.

Distribution

All described species of Asialathys are endemic to China.

The genus name indicates that this is an Asian genus, related to Lathys.

All species in this genus were transferred from Lathys in 2025.

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes five species:

Asialathys deltoidea (Liu, 2018) – China
Asialathys fibulata (Liu, 2018) – China
Asialathys huangyangjieensis (Liu, 2018) – China
Asialathys spiralis (Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012) – China (type species)
Asialathys zhanfengi (Liu, 2018) – China

1 2 3 Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (2) zlaf007: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
1 2 3 "Gen. Asialathys Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.

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