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White-marked Ground Spiders

Lamponidae
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Summary

Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera, 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 it is commonly known as the "White Tail" spider. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species (Centrothele mutica, Lamponova wau) also occur.

White-marked Ground Spiders

Lamponidae
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Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Arachnida
order: Araneae

Species

Lampona cylindrata

Common White-tail Spider

Lampona cylindrata

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Lampona murina

Eastern White-tail Spider

Lampona murina

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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)

Further reading

- Platnick, N.I. (2004). On a Third Group of Flattened Ground Spiders from Australia (Araneae, Lamponidae). American Museum Novitates 3462. PDF (Platylampona)