Family: Lathyidae

Lathys Simon, 1885

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

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).

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01981

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Last updated: 2025-07-26

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 16

SYNONYM: 6

NOMEN DUBIUM: 1

HOMONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Simon, 1885f: 321 type Lethia varia Menge, 1869; gender feminine; syn. of Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855)
Reference

Simon, E. (1885f). Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9(6, 1884): 321-327. [[year corrected per Frétey, 2023: 14]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-14 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-07-10 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-07-10 Nota bene edited Old value
2025-07-07 Genus transferred to other family Montana et al., 2025 Lathys Simon, 1885 transferred to Lathyidae
2023-11-24 Nota bene edited Old value
2023-11-24 Genus updated Frétey, 2023 Old value Error corrected
2022-07-17 Nota bene edited Old value
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2021-02-04 Nota bene edited Old value
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