Latouchia Explained

Latouchia is a genus of Asian mygalomorph spiders in the family Halonoproctidae, first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.^[1] The genus is presumably named in honour of John David Digues La Touche (who is named as "J. de La Touche" alongside "C. B. Rickett") as co-collector of the first described species Latouchia fossoria.

Originally placed with the family Ctenizidae, the genus was moved to the Halonoproctidae in 2018.^[2]

Species

it contains 26 species from India to Southeast Asia:^[3]

• Latouchia bachmaensis Ono, 2010 – Vietnam
• Latouchia cornuta Song, Qiu & Zheng, 1983 – China
• Latouchia cryptica (Simon, 1897) – India
• Latouchia cunicularia (Simon, 1886) – Vietnam
• Latouchia davidi (Simon, 1886) (type) – China
• Latouchia formosensis Kayashima, 1943 – Taiwan
  • Latouchia f. smithi Tso, Haupt & Zhu, 2003 – Taiwan
• Latouchia fossoria Pocock, 1901 – China
• Latouchia huberi Decae, 2019 – Vietnam
• Latouchia hunanensis Xu, Yin & Bao, 2002 – China
• Latouchia hyla Haupt & Shimojana, 2001 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Latouchia incerta Decae, Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2021 – Thailand
• Latouchia japonica Strand, 1910 – Japan
• Latouchia kitabensis (Charitonov, 1946) – Central Asia
• Latouchia maculosa Decae, Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2021 – Thailand
• Latouchia parameleomene Haupt & Shimojana, 2001 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Latouchia pavlovi Schenkel, 1953 – China
• Latouchia rufa Zhang & Wang, 2021 – China
• Latouchia schwendingeri Decae, 2019 – Vietnam
• Latouchia stridulans Decae, 2019 – Vietnam
• Latouchia swinhoei Pocock, 1901 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
• Latouchia typica (Kishida, 1913) – China, Japan
• Latouchia vinhiensis Schenkel, 1963 – China
• Latouchia wenruni (Lin & Li, 2023) – China (Hainan)
• Latouchia yejiei Zhang & Wang, 2021 – China (Hainan)
• Latouchia yuanjingae (Lin & Li, 2022) – China (Hainan)

Notes and References

1. Pocock. R. I.. 1901. On some new trap-door spiders from China.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 207–215. 70. 2. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08540.x.
2. Godwin. R. L.. etal. 2018. Phylogeny of a cosmopolitan family of morphologically conserved trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae) using Anchored Hybrid Enrichment, with a description of the family, Halonoproctidae Pocock 1901. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126. 307. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.008. 29656103. 4890400.
3. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian. 2021. Gen. Latouchia Pocock, 1901. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. 8 December 2021.