| Lathys | |
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| L. insulana, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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| Species | |
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52, 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]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 213–217.
- ^ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 321–327.
- ^ Simon, E. (1911). "Catalogue raisonné des arachnides du nord de l'Afrique (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 79 (3): 265–332. doi:10.1080/21686351.1910.12279477.