Asialathys

Asialathys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lathyidae
Genus:	Asialathys Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025 [1]
Type species
Lathys spiralis Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012
Species
5, see text

Asialathys is a genus of spiders in the family Lathyidae. ^[2]

Distribution

All described species of Asialathys are endemic to China. ^[2]

Etymology

The genus name indicates that this is an Asian genus, related to Lathys . ^[1]

Taxonomy

All species in this genus were transferred from Lathys in 2025. ^[1]

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes five species: ^[2]

• Asialathys deltoidea (Liu, 2018) – China
• Asialathys fibulata (Liu, 2018) – China
• Asialathys huangyangjieensis (Liu, 2018) – China
• Asialathys spiralis (Z. S. Zhang, Hu & Y. G. Zhang, 2012) – China (type species)
• Asialathys zhanfengi (Liu, 2018) – China

References

1. Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
2. "Gen. Asialathys Cala-Riquelme & Crews, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-31.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Asialathys at iNaturalist