Lathrothele

Lathrothele is a genus of African spiders in the family Ischnothelidae. It was first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1965.[1][2]

Lathrothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Ischnothelidae
Genus: Lathrothele
Benoit, 1965[1]
Type species
L. grabensis
Benoit, 1965[1]
Species

See text.

Species

As of July 2020 it contained the following species:[1]

  • Lathrothele catamita (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Lathrothele cavernicola Benoit, 1965 – Congo
  • Lathrothele grabensis Benoit, 1965 (type) – Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
  • Lathrothele jezequeli Benoit, 1965 – Ivory Coast
  • Lathrothele mitonae Bäckstam, Drolshagen & Seiter, 2013 – Gabon

References
  1. "Gen. Lathrothele Benoit, 1965". World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Dipluridae de l'Afrique Centrale (Araneae - Orthognatha) II. Genres Lathrothele nov. et Macrothele Ausserer". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 71: 113–128.


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