Lathys
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| Lathys | |
|---|---|
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| L. insulana, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Lathys Simon, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. humilis (Blackwall, 1855) | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Lathys is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.[3] It is a replacement name for "Lethia" Menge, 1869 because that name was already in use as a synonym for a genus of moths.[4]
