Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891
Description
Conductor with ± triangular base, terminal twists compact. Epigyne without median bar. Prosoma light brown, with darker margin and radial stripes. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae light brown. Legs light brown, with distinct annulations. Opisthosoma greenish brown, dorsally with blackish or red-brown pattern consisting of longitudinal stripes and chevrons.
Body length male: 1.7-2.5 mmBody length female: 1.7-2.5 mm
Additional information
In sunny places with steppe character and in open pine forests.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Conductor
(Thaler 1981c)
Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1995)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1981c)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2009b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Lissner 2016b)
Epigyne
(Pantini et al. 2020b)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pantini et al. 2020b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Eyes, frontal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Déjean S (2015b) Lathys nielseni (Schenkel, 1932) (Araneae, Dictynidae), une espèce confirmée pour la faune de France découverte sur la commune de Toulouse. Revue Arachnologique (2) 2: 20-22
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Grbić G, Hänggi A, Savić D (2015) New faunistic records of spiders (Arachnida, Areneae [sic]) from the Fruška Gora mountain, northern Serbia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67: 479-486
Gregorič M, Kuntner M (2009) Epigean spider diversity in the classical karst. Hacquetia 8: 67-78
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Lissner J (2016b) A new synonym of Lathys heterophthalma Kulczyński, 1891 (Araneae: Dictynidae). Arthropoda Selecta 25: 395-398
Lissner J, Scharff N (2019) Danish Spiders. Formerly online at http://www.danmarks-edderkopper.dk
Marusik Y M, Koponen S, Fritzén N R (2009b) On two sibling Lathys species (Araneae, Dictynidae) from northern Europe. ZooKeys 16: 181-195
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Pantini P, Mazzoleni F, Gobbi M, Pedrotti L (2020b) Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) di interesse biogeografico e conservazionistico nel parco nazionale dello Stelvio (Italia). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 33: 23-53
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 61: 105-150
Thaler K (1994b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 2. Orthognathe, cribellate und haplogyne Familien, Phocidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae sowie Argiopiformia (ohne Linyphiidae s.l.) (Arachnida: Araneida). Mit Bemerkungen zur Spinnenfauna der Ostalpen. Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 73(1993): 69-119
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
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