Labahitha Explained

Labahitha is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by S. L. Zonstein, Yuri M. Marusik & I. L. F. Magalhaes in 2017.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[2]

• Labahitha fuscata (Nakatsudi, 1943) – Japan (Ogasawara Is.), Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia, Palau, Marshall Is., Micronesia, Fiji
• Labahitha garciai (Simon, 1892) – Seychelles, Singapore, Malaysia (Borneo), Philippines, Papua New Guinea
• Labahitha gibsonhilli (Savory, 1943) – Australia (Christmas Is.)
• Labahitha incerta Magalhaes, Berry, Koh & Gray, 2022 – Australia (Queensland)
• Labahitha insularis (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.)
• Labahitha littoralis (Roewer, 1938) – Indonesia (New Guinea)
• Labahitha marginata (Kishida, 1936) – Taiwan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Pacifi Is. Introduced to Mexico, Central America, Brazil
• Labahitha nicobarensis (Tikader, 1977) – India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.)
• Labahitha oonopiformis (Bristowe, 1938) (type) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
• Labahitha platnicki Magalhaes, Berry, Koh & Gray, 2022 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Is.), New Caledonia
• Labahitha ryukyuensis (Ono, 2013) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Labahitha sundaica (Kulczyński, 1908) – Indonesia (Java)

Notes and References

1. Zonstein. S. L.. Marusik. Y. M.. Magalhaes. I. L. F.. 2017. Labahitha nom.n., a replacement name for Mystes Bristowe, 1938, with a redescription of the type species (Aranei: Filistatidae).. Arthropoda Selecta. 303–309. 26. 4. 10.15298/arthsel.26.4.04. free. 11336/48953. free.
2. Web site: Gen. Labahitha Zonstein, Marusik & Magalhaes, 2017 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern . 18 March 2022.