Lathyidae Cala-Riquelme, Montana, Crews & Esposito, 2025

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the family is separated from the Dictynidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43.

In synonymy:

Analtella Denis, 1947 = Auximus Simon, 1892 (Blick, 2026: 640)

Gen. Auximus Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05484
type Amaurobius dentichelis Simon, 1883; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Amaurobiidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 242 and considered a synonym of Lathys Simon, 1885 by Lehtinen, 1967: 242; revalidated and considered a senior synonym of Analtella Denis, 1947e: 145 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05485] (type A. brevitarsis Denis, 1947 = Auximus narbonensis (Simon, 1876)) by Blick, 2026: 640; Lathys and Analtella are transferred from the Dictynidae to the Lathyidae by Montana et al., 2025: 56.

In synonymy:

Auximus alboretromaculatus (Denis, 1964) = Auximus dentichelis (Simon, 1883) (Lehtinen, 1967: 243, sub Lathys)

Auximus atlanticus (Denis, 1962) = Auximus affinis (Blackwall, 1862) (Lehtinen, 1967: 243, sub Lathys)

Auximus brevitarsis (Denis, 1947, T from Analtella) = Auximus narbonensis (Simon, 1876) (Lehtinen, 1967: 243, sub Lathys)

Auximus canariensis (Schmidt, 1981) = Auximus dentichelis (Simon, 1883) (Wunderlich, 1992a: 427, sub Lathys)

Auximus decolor (Kulczyński, 1899) = Auximus affinis (Blackwall, 1862) (Wunderlich, 1992a: 426, sub Lathys)

Auximus pristinus Simon, 1911 = Auximus narbonensis (Simon, 1876) (Simon, 1914: 61, sub Lathys)

Auximus rubrovittatus (Denis, 1964) = Auximus dentichelis (Simon, 1883) (Lehtinen, 1967: 243, sub Lathys)

Auximus affinis (Blackwall, 1862) | | Azores, Canary Is., Madeira, Portugal, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022446
Ciniflo affinis Blackwall, 1862a: 371 (Df) Original description
Lathys affinis Kulczyński, 1899: 327, pl. 6, f. 3-5 (f)
Lathys decolor Kulczyński, 1899: 328, pl. 6, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054613]
Lathys atlantica Denis, 1962a: 101, f. 79 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054607]
Lathys affinis Denis, 1962a: 101, f. 80-84 (Dm)
Lathys decolor Denis, 1962a: 103, f. 85-86 (Dm)
Lathys affinis Lehtinen, 1967: 243 (S of Lathys atlantica)
Lathys affinis Wunderlich, 1992a: 426, f. 623-624 (m, S of Lathys decolor)
Lathys cf. affinis Lecigne, 2017: 27, f. 3A-H, 11G-J (f)
Lathys affinis Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 8, f. 1A-J (mf)
Analtella affinis Montana et al., 2025: 62, f. 13C-F, 38A-F (mf, T from Lathys)
Auximus affinis Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)
Auximus dentichelis (Simon, 1883) | | Azores, Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022455 TYPE SPECIES
Amaurobius dentichelis Simon, 1883: 268, pl. 8, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description
Auximus dentichelis Simon, 1892a: 239, f. 185 (m)
Lathys rubrovittata Denis, 1964a: 92, f. 12-16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054621]
Lathys alboretromaculata Denis, 1964a: 93, f. 17 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054605]
Lathys dentichelis Lehtinen, 1967: 243, f. 259 (S of Lathys alboretromaculata and L. rubrovittata)
Lathys canariensis Schmidt, 1981: 88, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054612]
Lathys dentichelis Wunderlich, 1992a: 427, f. 625-627 (mf, S of Lathys canariensis)
Analtella dentichelis Montana et al., 2025: 62 (T from Lathys)
Auximus dentichelis Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)
Auximus narbonensis (Simon, 1876) | | Portugal, Spain, France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022468
Lethia narbonensis Simon, 1876e: 182 (Dm) Original description
Auximus pristinus Simon, 1911b: 278 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066718]
Lathys narbonensis Simon, 1914: 45, 47, 61, f. 91-92, 96 (mf, S of Auximus pristinus
Analtella brevitarsis Denis, 1947e: 148, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054611]
Lathys narbonensis Lehtinen, 1967: 243 (S of Analtella brevitarsis)
Lathys narbonensis Noflatscher, 1993: 281, f. 6-8 (m)
Lathys narbonensis Ledoux et al., 2008: 59, f. 25 (f)
Lathys narbonensis Calatayud-Mascarell et al., 2024: 957, f. 6 (m)
Analtella narbonensis Montana et al., 2025: 62 (T from Lathys)
Auximus narbonensis Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)
Auximus pygmaeus (Wunderlich, 2011) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044134
Lathys pygmaea Wunderlich, 2011: 395, f. 2a-b (Dm) Original description
Analtella pygmaea Montana et al., 2025: 62 (T from Lathys)
Auximus pygmaeus Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)
Auximus teideensis (Wunderlich, 1992) | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022479
Lathys teideensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 428, f. 628-631 (Dmf) Original description
Analtella teideensis Montana et al., 2025: 62 (T from Lathys)
Auximus teideensis Blick, 2026: 640 (T from Analtella)

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