Latica is a monotypic genus of South American ground spiders containing the single species, Latica galeanoi. It was first described by B. A. da Silva, J. C. Guerrero and L. Bidegaray-Batista in 2020 and placed into the subfamily Herpyllinae.[2]

Latica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Latica
da Silva, Guerrero, Bidegaray-Batista & Simó, 2020[1]
Species:
L. galeanoi
Binomial name
Latica galeanoi
da Silva, Guerrero, Bidegaray-Batista & Simó, 2020[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Latica da Silva, Guerrero, Bidegaray-Batista & Simó, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ Silva, B. A. da; Guerrero, J. C.; Bidegaray-Batista, L.; et al. (2020). "Description of Latica, a new monotypic spider genus from Uruguay and Argentina (Araneae, Herpyllinae, Gnaphosidae): an integrative approach". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 288: 84–96. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2020.07.006. S2CID 225288431.