Lathys
| Lathys | |
|---|---|
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| L. insulana, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Lathys Simon, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| L. humilis (Blackwall, 1855) | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lathys is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884. It is a replacement name for "Lethia" Menge, 1869 because that name was already in use as a synonym for a genus of moths.
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes fifteen species and one subspecies:
- Lathys adunca Liu, 2018 – China
- Lathys albida Gertsch, 1946 – United States
- Lathys bin Marusik & Logunov, 1991 – Russia (Kurile Islands)
- Lathys borealis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 – China
- Lathys brevitibialis Denis, 1956 – Morocco
- Lathys coralynae Gertsch & Davis, 1942 – Mexico
- Lathys dixiana Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – United States
- Lathys foxi (Marx, 1891) – Canada, United States
- Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada
- L. h. meridionalis (Simon, 1874) – Spain, France (incl. Corsica), North Africa
- Lathys mantarota Wunderlich, 2022 – Portugal
- Lathys sexpustulata (Simon, 1878) – Spain, France, Morocco
- Lathys simplicior (Dalmas, 1916) – Algeria
- Lathys sindi (Caporiacco, 1934) – Pakistan (Karakorum)
- Lathys subhumilis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 – China
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Lathys Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- 1 2 Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 213–217.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 321–327.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1911). "Catalogue raisonné des arachnides du nord de l'Afrique (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 79 (3): 265–332. doi:10.1080/21686351.1910.12279477.
