Genus Cladothela Kishida, 1928

Type species. Cladothela boninensis Kishida, 1928 . Holotype from Ogasawara Islands (type specimen lost).

Remarks. Currently, 11 species are known in this genus in East Asia (World Spider Catalog 2022). This genus can be distinguished from other gnaphosids by the presence of a conspicuous, hook-like, retrolateral sclerotized spine on the male palpal femur (Kamura 1999). Three Cladothela species have been recorded in the Ryukyu Islands, namely: C. auster Kamura, 1997; C. parva Kamura, 1991; C. oculinotata (Bösenberg and Strand, 1906) (Shimojana 1977, 1981; Kamura 1991, 1997; Tanikawa and Sasaki 1999).