World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: described as subfamily of Dipluridae by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 36, elevated to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 697, including the genera Ischnothele, Andethele, Indothele, Lathrothele and Thelechoris); the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 487.

Gen. Lathrothele Benoit, 1965 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00036

N.B.: the spelling Latrothele (Brignoli, 1983c: 126) is erroneous; transferred from Dipluridae to Ischnothelidae by Opatova et al., 2020: 697.

In synonymy:

Lathrothele marmorata Benoit, 1965 = Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965 (Coyle, 1995: 95)

Lathrothele catamita (Simon, 1907) | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000322

Ischnothele catamita Simon, 1907d: 226 (Df) Original description

Lathrothele catamita Benoit, 1965a: 119 (Tf from Ischnothele)

Lathrothele catamita Coyle, 1995: 108, f. 330-335 (f)

Lathrothele cavernicola Benoit, 1965 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000323

Lathrothele cavernicola Benoit, 1965a: 117, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele cavernicola Coyle, 1995: 103, f. 303-304, 309-317 (mf)

Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965 | | Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000324

Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965a: 115, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele marmoratus Benoit, 1965a: 122, f. 8 (Df)

Lathrothele grabensis Raven, 1983b: 553, pl. I, f. 3-4, pl. II, f. 2

Lathrothele marmorata Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Lathrothele grabensis Coyle, 1995: 95, f. 41, 45, 51, 54, 278-302, 308, 318-319 (mf, S)

Lathrothele jezequeli Benoit, 1965 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000325

Lathrothele jezequeli Benoit, 1965a: 120, f. 5-7 (Dmf) Original description

Lathrothele jezequeli Coyle, 1995: 105, f. 320-329 (mf)

Lathrothele mitonae Bäckstam, Drolshagen & Seiter, 2013 | | Gabon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046087

Lathrothele mitonae Bäckstam, Drolshagen & Seiter, 2013: 70, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description