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A monotypic genus Mystes Bristowe, 1938 was originally placed in the Pholcidae, subfamily Ninetinae [Bristowe, 1938]. Its type species, M. oonopiformis Bristowe, 1938, was described based only on the female holotype from Parit Buntar, Malaysia. Descriptions of both genus and species were supplied with drawings of several somatic characters, but the copulatory organs were not illustrated or indeed mentioned. Recently, Huber et al. [2014] transferred the genus into the Filistatidae. Although the holotype M. oonopiformis was not studied and is apparently lost [Huber et al. 2014], judging from the original description, it is clear, that this transfer was correct. Mystes oonopiformis features an eye pattern, shape of clypeus, chelicera and palpal tarsus as in the Filistatidae but not in the Pholcidae. Bonnet [1957: 3025] found the name Mystes to be a junior homonym of Mystes Champion, 1895 (Melandryidae), but a replacement name was not suggested neither by Bonnet [1957], nor Huber et al. [2014], because the identity of the type species had yet to be clarified. In recent years, several filistatid genera have had their type species redescribed, including Zaitunia Lehtinen [Zonstein, 2008; Zonstein, Marusik, 2016], Pholcoides Roewer, 1960 [Zonstein et al., 2013], Tricalamus Wang, 1987 [Zonstein et al., 2016], Pritha Lehtinen, 1967 [Legittimo et al., 2017] and Filistatinella Gertsch et Ivie, 1936 [Magalhaes, Ramírez, in press]. This has enabled a more solid taxonomy for the Filistatidae at the generic level. However, some genera still remain to be better characterized, with Mystes at ABSTRACT. The monotypic genus Mystes Bristowe, 1938, and its type species, M. oonopiformis Bristowe, 1938, are redescribed based on the neotype male (designated here) and several females. The male is described for the first time and the female endogyne is illustrated for the first time. Morphological analysis reveals that the genus belongs to the Prithinae and is close to the Australian genera Wandella Gray, 1994 and Yardiella Gray, 1994. As the name Mystes is preoccupied by Mystes Champion, 1895 (Coleoptera: Melandryidae), we propose Labahitha nom.n. as a replacement name. How to cite this article: Zonstein S.L., Marusik Yu.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. Vol.26. No.4. P.303–309. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.26.4.04