Family: Lathyidae

Scotolathys Simon, 1885

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 126; transferred from the Dictynidae to the Lathyidae by Montana et al., 2025: 47, 78; removed from the synonymy of Lathys Simon, 1884 by Marusik, Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2009: 26 (contra Gertsch, 1946a: 1); considered a senior synonym of Dictyolathys Banks, 1900c: 534 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05521] (type D. maculata Banks, 1900 = Scotolathys maculina (Gertsch, 1946)) and Neophanes Marx, 1891: 33 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05522] (type N. pallidus Marx, 1891) by Montana et al., 2025: 78 (by transfer of the type species of both genera, removed from synonymy of Lathys, contra Gertsch, 1946a: 1).

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Last updated: 2025-07-07

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 5

SYNONYM: 2

HOMONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Simon, 1885f: 321 type Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1885; gender feminine
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
2025-07-07 Genus synonymy Montana et al., 2025 Neophanes synonymized with Scotolathys
2025-07-07 Genus synonymy Montana et al., 2025 Dictyolathys synonymized with Scotolathys
2025-07-07 Genus transferred to other family Montana et al., 2025 Scotolathys Simon, 1885 transferred to Lathyidae
2023-11-24 Nota bene edited Old value
2023-11-24 Genus updated Frétey, 2023 Old value Error corrected
2023-06-20 Nota bene edited Old value

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