Lamponidae

white tailed spiders
unidentified lamponid
Unidentified lamponiid from Castle Hill, Sydney
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lamponidae Simon, 1893
Diversity
23 genera, 198 species

Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.^[1] It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera,^[2] most of which are endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species (L. cylindrata, L. murina) also occurring in New Zealand where they are commonly known as 'white-tailed spiders'. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species (Centrothele mutica, Lamponova wau) also occur.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

• Centrothelinae Platnick, 2000

• Asadipus Simon, 1897 (Australia)
• Bigenditia Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Centrocalia Platnick, 2000 (New Caledonia)
• Centroina Platnick, 2002 (Australia)
• Centrothele L. Koch, 1873 (Australia)
• Centsymplia Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Graycassis Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Longepi Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Notsodipus Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Prionosternum Dunn, 1951 (Australia)
• Queenvic Platnick, 2000 (Australia)

• Lamponinae Simon, 1893

• Lampona Thorell, 1869 (Australia)
• Lamponata Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Lamponega Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Lamponella Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Lamponicta Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Lamponina Strand, 1913 (Australia)
• Lamponoides Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Lamponova Platnick, 2000 (Australia, New Zealand)
• Lamponusa Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Platylampona Platnick, 2004 (Australia)

• Pseudolamponinae Platnick, 2000

• Paralampona Platnick, 2000 (Australia)
• Pseudolampona Platnick, 2000 (Australia)

See also

• List of Lamponidae species

References

• A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 245. PDF (56Mb) - Abstract

Further reading

• Platnick, N.I. (2004). On a Third Group of Flattened Ground Spiders from Australia (Araneae, Lamponidae). American Museum Novitates 3462. PDF^{[permanent dead link]} (Platylampona)

External links

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