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:

Lethia Menge, 1869 = Lathys Simon, 1885 (Simon, 1885f: 321, preoccupied, replacement name)

Prodalia Marx, 1891 = Lathys Simon, 1885 (Simon, 1892a: 240)

Gen. Lathys Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01981
type Lethia varia Menge, 1869; gender feminine; syn. of Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855)

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 14; transferred from the Dictynidae to the Lathyidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43, 77 (and split into several genera); replacement name for Lethia Menge, 1869: 249 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05483], preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Hübner, 1816; considered a senior synonym of Prodalia Marx, 1891: 34 (type P. foxi Marx, 1891) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05523] by Simon, 1892a: 240; not a senior synonym of Auximus Simon, 1892, revalidated by Blick, 2026: 640 (contra Lehtinen, 1967: 242, transferred from the Amaurobiidae); not a senior synonym of Analtella Denis, 1947 (revalidated by Montana et al., 2025: 56 [also transferred to the Lathyidae], contra Lehtinen, 1967: 242, considered a junior synonym auf Auximus by Blick, 2026: 640), not of Dictyolathys Banks, 1900c: 534 and of Neophanes Marx, 1891: 33 (Montana et al., 2025: 78, contra Gertsch, 1946a: 1, for both see Scotolathys).

Transferred to other genera:

Lathys affinis (Blackwall, 1862) -- see Auximus

Lathys alberta Gertsch, 1946 -- see Andronova

Lathys alboretromaculata Denis, 1964 -- see Auximus

Lathys ankaraensis Özkütük, Marusik, Elverici & Kunt, 2016 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys annulata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Andronova

Lathys apachea (Chamberlin, 1948) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys arabs Simon, 1910 -- see Andronova

Lathys atlantica Denis, 1962 -- see Auximus

Lathys balestrerii Caporiacco, 1934 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys bipunctata (Reimoser, 1935) -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys biseriata (Tullgren, 1905) -- see Metaltella

Lathys brevitarsis Denis, 1947 -- see Auximus

Lathys cambridgei (Simon, 1874) -- see Andronova

Lathys canariensis Schmidt, 1981 -- see Auximus

Lathys capensis (Pocock, 1900) -- see Vidole

Lathys changtunesis Hu, 2001 -- see Ajmonia

Lathys chishuiensis Z. S. Zhang, Yang & Y. G. Zhang, 2009 -- see Langlibaitiao

Lathys crinita (Simon, 1893) -- see Retiro

Lathys crispa (Mello-Leitão, 1941) -- see Metaltella

Lathys crucifera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) -- see Helenactyna

Lathys decolor Kulczyński, 1899 -- see Auximus

Lathys delicatula (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys deltoidea Liu, 2018 -- see Asialathys

Lathys dentichelis (Simon, 1883) -- see Auximus

Lathys dihamata Paik, 1979 -- see Andronova

Lathys falcigera Balogh, 1935 -- see Brommella

Lathys fibulata Liu, 2018 -- see Asialathys

Lathys fuegiana (Simon, 1884) -- see Anisacate

Lathys fuegiana bransfieldi (Usher, 1983) -- see Anisacate

Lathys fulvipes (Simon, 1906) -- see Retiro

Lathys funesta (Keyserling, 1883) -- see Goeldia

Lathys grata (Bryant, 1948) -- see Retiro

Lathys harpagula (Simon, 1906) -- see Auximella

Lathys hesperus Chamberlin, 1948 -- see Argenna

Lathys hottentotta (Pocock, 1900) -- see Namaquarachne

Lathys huangyangjieensis Liu, 2018 -- see Asialathys

Lathys immaculata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys inaffecta Li, 2017 -- see Langlibaitiao

Lathys incerta Miller, 1943 -- see Brommella

Lathys insulana Ono, 2003 -- see Langlibaitiao

Lathys jubata (Denis, 1947) -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys lanceolata (Vellard, 1924) -- see Retiro

Lathys lehtineni Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Omelko, 2014 -- see Andronova

Lathys longipes (Purcell, 1904) -- see Malaika

Lathys luteipes (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Goeldia

Lathys maculata Keyserling, 1889 -- see Callevophthalmus

Lathys maculata (Banks, 1900) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys maculina Gertsch, 1946 -- see Scotolathys

Lathys maculosa (Karsch, 1879) -- see Andronova

Lathys mallorcensis Lissner, 2018 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys matanuska (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) -- see Andronova

Lathys maura (Simon, 1911) -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys moabana (Chamberlin, 1948) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys mussooriensis Biswas & Roy, 2008 -- see Himalmartensus

Lathys narbonensis (Simon, 1876) -- see Auximus

Lathys novembris Dönitz & Strand, 1906 -- see Andronova

Lathys ocellata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Andronova

Lathys orientalis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Andronova

Lathys pallida Emerton, 1894 -- see Andronova

Lathys pallida (Marx, 1891) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys plagiata (Simon, 1893) -- see Retiro

Lathys pristina (Simon, 1911) -- see Auximus

Lathys procerula (Simon, 1906) -- see Retiro

Lathys producta (Chamberlin, 1916) -- see Auximella

Lathys prominens Miller, 1949 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys punctosparsa Oi, 1957 -- see Brommella

Lathys puta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) -- see Argenna

Lathys pygmaea Wunderlich, 2011 -- see Auximus

Lathys quitensis (Simon, 1906) -- see Retiro

Lathys rhombifera (Simon, 1906) -- see Retiro

Lathys roberti (Reimoser, 1939) -- see Retiro

Lathys rubrovittata Denis, 1964 -- see Auximus

Lathys schreineri (Purcell, 1904) -- see Vidole

Lathys segmentata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) -- see Metaltella

Lathys sexoculata Seo & Sohn, 1984 -- see Bannaella

Lathys silvatica (Purcell, 1904) -- see Matundua

Lathys similis Wiehle, 1967 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys simplex (Simon, 1885) -- see Scotolathys

Lathys spasskyi Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969 -- see Andronova

Lathys spiralis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 -- see Asialathys

Lathys stigmatisata (Menge, 1869) -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys subalberta Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 -- see Andronova

Lathys subviridis Denis, 1937 -- see Andronova

Lathys sylvania Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958 -- see Andronova

Lathys taczanowskii (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 -- see Auximus

Lathys truncata Danilov, 1994 -- see Tolokonniella

Lathys zhanfengi Liu, 2018 -- see Asialathys

In synonymy:

Lathys alticola (Denis, 1954) = Lathys sexpustulata (Simon, 1878) (Ledoux et al., 2008: 59)

Lathys bifoveolata Miller, 1971 = Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 (Thaler, 1981c: 126, sub Lathys nielseni)

Lathys lathysoides (Denis, 1937, T from Altella) = Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) (Lehtinen, 1967: 242)

Lathys lutulenta Simon, 1914 = Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) (Montardi et al., 2023: 14)

Lathys nielseni (Schenkel, 1932) = Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 (Lissner, 2016b: 395)

Lathys varia (Menge, 1869) = Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) (Thorell, 1873: 433, sub Lethia)

Homonym replaced:

Lathys alba (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) -- see Lathys albida Gertsch, 1946

Nomen dubium:

Lathys lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1909b: 248 (f, Spain) -- Sherwood, 2025b: 129

Lathys adunca Liu, 2018 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050613
Lathys adunca Liu in Liu et al., 2018: 152, f. 1A-E, 2A-H, 3A-C (Dm) Original description
Lathys albida Gertsch, 1946 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022448
Scotolathys alba Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 126, f. 178-179 (Dmf; preoccupied in Lathys, see Callevophthalmus albus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054602]
Lathys albida Gertsch, 1946a: 4 (replacement name) Original description
Lathys albida Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 34, pl. 6, f. 13-14 (mf)
Lathys bin Marusik & Logunov, 1991 | | Russia (Kurile Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022450
Lathys bin Marusik & Logunov, 1991: 92, f. 3.7-9 (Df) Original description
Lathys borealis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045087
Lathys borealis Zhang, Hu & Zhang, 2012: 2, f. 1A-E, 2A-H, 3A-H (Dmf) Original description
Lathys brevitibialis Denis, 1956 | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022451
Lathys brevitibialis Denis, 1956a: 206, f. 17 (Dm) Original description
Lathys coralynae Gertsch & Davis, 1942 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022453
Lathys coralynae Gertsch & Davis, 1942: 10, f. 44 (Dm) Original description
Lathys coralynae Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 26, pl. 5, f. 5-7 (m)
Lathys dixiana Ivie & Barrows, 1935 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022457
Lathys dixiana Ivie & Barrows, 1935: 3, pl. 1, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description
Lathys dixiana Gertsch, 1946a: 3, f. 12 (f)
Lathys dixiana Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 28, pl. 5, f. 11-13 (f)
Lathys foxi (Marx, 1891) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022458
Prodalia foxii Marx, 1891: 35, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Lathys foxi Simon, 1892a: 240
Dictyna foxi Banks, 1892a: 28, pl. 1, f. 78 (f)
Lathys foxi Emerton, 1911: 400, pl. 4, f. 5 (f, Dm)
Lathys foxi Comstock, 1912: 279, f. 260a-d
Lathys foxi Comstock, 1940: 281, f. 260 (f)
Lathys foxi Gertsch, 1946a: 2, f. 13 (mf)
Lathys foxi Kaston, 1948: 501, f. 1868-1870 (mf)
Lathys foxi Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 30, pl. 7, f. 1-4 (mf)
Lathys foxi Roth, 1985: B11-3, f. 1 (m)
Lathys foxi Roth, 1994: 91, f. 1 (m)
Lathys foxii Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 70, f. 590-592 (mf)
Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 | | Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022459
Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 161 (Df) Original description
Scotolathys heterophthalma Simon, 1903a: 977
Lathys heterophthalma Schenkel, 1929a: 14 (f)
Altella nielseni Schenkel, 1932b: 206, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022469]
Lathys humilis Lehtinen, 1967: 242, f. 264 (m, misidentified; Tf Altella n., S rejected)
Lathys bifoveolatus Miller, 1971: 71, pl. IV, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054609]
Lathys humilis Palmgren, 1977a: 22, f. 4.20-24 (mf, misidentified)
Lathys nielseni Thaler, 1981c: 126, f. 74-76, 80-84 (mf, S of Lathys bifoveolata)
Lathys bifoveolata Brignoli, 1983c: 519
Lathys humilis Hu, 1984: 60, f. 55.1-2 (f, misidentified)
Lathys nielseni Roberts, 1987: 170, f. 88a (mf)
Lathys nielseni Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 380, f. 985 (mf)
Lathys nielseni Roberts, 1995: 88, f. (mf)
Lathys nielseni Roberts, 1998: 90, f. (mf)
Lathys nielseni Almquist, 2007: 320, f. 281a-f (mf)
Lathys nielseni Marusik, Koponen & Fritzén, 2009: 189, f. 4-6, 10-12, 17-19, 23-25, 28-32 (mf)
Lathys nielseni Déjean, 2015b: 20, f. 1A, 2A, 3A (f)
Lathys nielseni Özkütük et al., 2016: 37, f. 30, 42 (f)
Lathys heterophthalma Lissner, 2016b: 395, f. 1, 2a-b (f, S of Lathys nielseni)
Lathys heterophthalma Pantini et al., 2020: 29, f. 2c-e (mf)
Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) | | Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022460 TYPE SPECIES
Ciniflo humilis Blackwall, 1855: 120 (Df) Original description
Ciniflo humilis Blackwall, 1861a: 145, pl. 9, f. 92 (f)
Lethia varia Menge, 1869: 249, pl. 47, f. 145 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065371]
Lethia humilis Thorell, 1873: 433 (S of Lethia varia)
Lethia humilis Simon, 1874a: 201 (m)
Lathys humilis Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 161
Lethia humilis Becker, 1896: 224, pl. 14, f. 8 (mf)
Lathys humilis Kulczyński, 1899: 327, pl. 6, f. 6
Lethia humilis Bösenberg, 1902: 247, pl. 23, f. 356 (mf)
Lathys humilis Simon, 1914: 45, 46, 61, f. 89, 93 (mf)
Lathys lutulenta Simon, 1914: 46, 62 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022465]
Altella lathysoides Denis, 1937b: 1031, pl. 1, f. 1b-c (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054614]
Lathys humilis Locket & Millidge, 1951: 65, f. 28A, C (mf)
Lathys humilis Wiehle, 1953: 102, f. 222-227 (mf)
Lathys humilis Brændegaard, 1966: 54, f. 46-48 (mf)
Lathys humilis Lehtinen, 1967: 242 (S of Altella lathysoides and Lathys annulata [revalidated by Ono, 2003a: 11])
Lathys humilis Loksa, 1969: 52, f. 23C, 35A, C-E (mf)
Lathys humilis Miller, 1971: 72, pl. IV, f. 4-5 (mf)
Lathys humilis Thaler, 1981c: 127, f. 77-79, 85-86 (mf)
Lathys humilis Roberts, 1985: 52, f. 15d (mf)
Lathys humilis Zhu & Shi, 1985: 58, f. 48a-c (m) [misidentified per Marusik, Koponen & Fritzén, 2009: 187]
Lathys humilis Roberts, 1987: 170, f. 88b (mf)
Lathys humilis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 380, f. 984 (mf)
Lathys humilis Roberts, 1995: 87, f. (mf)
Lathys humilis Roberts, 1998: 89, f. (mf)
Lathys humilis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 364, f. 215N (m) [misidentified per Marusik, Koponen & Fritzén, 2009: 187]
Lathys humilis Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 287, f. 181A-B (m) [misidentified per Marusik, Koponen & Fritzén, 2009: 187]
Lathys humilis Griswold et al., 2005: 21, f. 176C (m)
Lathys humilis Almquist, 2007: 319, f. 280a-h (mf)
Lathys humilis Marusik, Koponen & Fritzén, 2009: 184, f. 1-3, 7-9, 13-16, 20-22, 26-27 (mf)
Lathys humilis Marusik, Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2009: 22, f. 5-6, 11-17, 21-24, 38, 43, 45-47, 54-57, 65 (mf)
Lathys humilis Özkütük et al., 2016: 37, f. 6, 12-15, 29, 41 (mf)
Lathys humilis Montardi et al., 2023: 14, f. 11, 12A-B (f, S of Lathys lutulenta)
Lathys humilis Montana et al., 2025: 77, f. 5A-C, 8A, 10A-B, 11A-D, 13A-B, 20A-F, 39A-G (mf)
Lathys humilis meridionalis (Simon, 1874) | | Spain, France (incl. Corsica), North Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022461
Lethia meridionalis Simon, 1874a: 202 (Dmf) Original description
Lathys meridionalis Simon, 1911b: 278
Lathys humilis meridionalis Simon, 1914: 46, 61, f. 94 (f)
Lathys mantarota Wunderlich, 2022 | | Portugal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053742
Lathys mantarota Wunderlich, 2022: 38, f. 74-81 (Dmf) Original description
Lathys sexpustulata (Simon, 1878) | | Spain, France, Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022472
Lethia sexpustulata Simon, 1878e: 98 (Dm) Original description
Lathys sexpustulata Simon, 1914: 44, 47, 61, f. 88, 95 (m, Df)
Scotolathys alticola Denis, 1954b: 135, f. 4-5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022449]
Lathys alticola Lehtinen, 1967: 243
Lathys sexpustulata Ledoux et al., 2008: 59, f. 22-24, 26 (mf, S of Lathys alticola)
Lathys sexpustulata Déjean, 2015b: 20, f. 1B, 2B, 3B (f)
Lathys sexpustulata Hernández-Corral, Barrientos & García-Teba, 2025: 54, f. 2A-B (f)
Lathys simplicior (Dalmas, 1916) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022474
Scotolathys simplicior Dalmas, 1916: 253 (Df) Original description
Lathys sindi (Caporiacco, 1934) | j | Pakistan (Karakorum) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022475
Auximus sindi Caporiacco, 1934a: 120 (Dj) Original description
Lathys subhumilis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045090
Lathys subhumilis Zhang, Hu & Zhang, 2012: 9, f. 9A-E, 10A-H, 11A-H (Dmf) Original description

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