World Spider Catalog

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:

Dictyolathys Banks, 1900 = Scotolathys Simon, 1885 (Montana et al., 2025: 78)

Neophanes Marx, 1891 = Scotolathys Simon, 1885 (Montana et al., 2025: 78)

Gen. Scotolathys Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04207

type Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1885; gender feminine

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).

In synonymy:

Scotolathys apachea Chamberlin, 1948 = Scotolathys delicatula Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 31, sub Lathys)

Scotolathys moabana (Chamberlin, 1948, T from Zanomys) = Scotolathys delicatula Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 31, sub Lathys)

Homonym replaced:

Scotolathys maculata (Banks, 1900) -- see Scotolathys maculina Gertsch, 1946

Scotolathys delicatula Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022454

Scotolathys delicatulus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936a: 4, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Scotolathys delicatulus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940: 326 (Dm)

Lathys delicatula Gertsch, 1946a: 3, f. 14 (f)

Scotolathys apachea Chamberlin, 1948: 4, f. 37 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054606]

Zanomys moabana Chamberlin, 1948: 18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054617]

Lathys delicatula Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 31, pl. 7, f. 5-9 (mf, S of Scotolathys apachea and Zanomys moabana)

Scotolathys delicatula Montana et al., 2025: 78 (T from Lathys)

Scotolathys immaculata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022462

Scotolathys maculata immaculata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 126 (Dmf) Original description

Lathys immaculata Gertsch, 1946a: 4

Lathys immaculata Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 34, pl. 6, f. 7-8 (mf)

Lathys immaculata Griswold et al., 2005: 21, f. 175B (m)

Lathys immaculata Crews et al., 2020: 920, f. S13I (m)

Scotolathys immaculata Montana et al., 2025: 78 (T from Lathys)

Scotolathys maculina (Gertsch, 1946) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022466

Dictyolathys maculata Banks, 1900c: 534 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054603]

Lathys maculata Simon, 1903a: 977

Scotolathys maculata Emerton, 1913b: 257, pl. 48, f. 5 (f, Dm)

Dictyolathys maculata Bryant, 1943a: 84, f. 1 (f)

Lathys maculina Gertsch, 1946a: 4, f. 15 (replacement name offered before 1961 for Dictyolathys maculata Banks, 1900, thought preoccupied in L. by Keyserling, 1889) Original description

Scotolathys maculata Kaston, 1948: 502, f. 1867, 1887 (mf)

Lathys maculina Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 32, pl. 6, f. 9-12 (mf; N.B.: this )

Scotolathys maculina Montana et al., 2025: 78 (T from Lathys)

Scotolathys pallida (Marx, 1891) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022470

Neophanes pallidus Marx, 1891: 34, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Neophanes pallidus Banks, 1892a: 29, pl. 3, f. 86-87 (f, Dm)

Scotolathys pallida Simon, 1892a: 243

Scotolathys pallida Emerton, 1909: 213, pl. 8, f. 2 (mf)

Scotolathys pallida Comstock, 1912: 287, f. 272a, b

Lathys pallida Gertsch, 1946a: 4

Scotolathys pallida Kaston, 1948: 502, f. 1882-1886 (mf)

Lathys pallida Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958: 35, pl. 6, f. 1-6 (mf)

Lathys pallida Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 70, f. 593-595 (mf)

Lathys pallida Crews et al., 2020: 907, f. 15C, S13A-D,G (mf)

Scotolathys pallida Montana et al., 2025: 78 (T from Lathys)

Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1885 | | Portugal, Spain, France, Ukraine, Romania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Algeria, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022473 TYPE SPECIES

Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1885f: 321 (Df) Original description

Scotolathys simplex Simon, 1892a: 243, f. 184

Scotolathys simplex Wiehle, 1960c: 469, f. 13 (f)

Scotolathys simplex Marusik, Kovblyuk & Nadolny, 2009: 32, f. 1-3, 7-10, 18-20, 25-28, 33-37, 39-42, 48-50, 58-64 (Dm, f, T from Lathys)

Lathys simplex Bosmans et al., 2009: 32, f. 41-45 (mf)

Scotolathys simplex Marusik et al., 2011: 166, f. 20-21 (f)

Scotolathys simplex Moscaliuc, 2013: 139, f. 3A-B (f)

Scotolathys simplex Frétey, 2023: 126 (year of description corrected)