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Lathyarcha

Lathyarcha is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: L. cinctipes, L. inornata, and L. tetrica. Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Matachiinae in 1967.

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Lathyarcha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Lathyarcha
Simon, 19081
Type species
L. tetrica
Simon, 1908
Species
  • L. cinctipes (Simon, 1906) – Australia (Victoria)
  • L. inornata (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • L. tetrica Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)

Lathyarcha is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1908.2 As of May 2019 it contains only three species: L. cinctipes, L. inornata, and L. tetrica.1 Originally placed with the intertidal spiders, it was moved to the Matachiinae (subfamily of Amaurobiidae) in 1967.3

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References

  1. "Gen. Lathyarcha Simon, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Simon, E. (1908), "Araneae. 1re partie", in Michaelsen, Hartmeyer (ed.), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens
  3. 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: 242.