World Spider Catalog

Family: Lathyidae

Afrolathys Cala-Riquelme, Al-Jamal & Esposito, 2025

GENUS | ACCEPTED

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Last updated: 2025-07-06

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 2

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Montana et al., 2025: 43 type Afrolathys tanzanica Cala-Riquelme, Al-Jamal & Esposito, 2025; gender feminine

Reference

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 [[2nd pdf contains the Suppl. Figs 1-5]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-06	New genus inserted	Montana et al., 2025

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