Lampona
Encyclopedia
Lampona is a genus
of spider
s in the family
Lamponidae
and native to Australia
and New Guinea
. At least two species have a whitish tip to the abdomen
and are known as white-tailed spider
s. Both have been introduced to New Zealand
. Both are hunting spiders, with other spiders their preferred prey.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lamponidae
Lamponidae
The Lamponidae are a spider family with about 200 described species in 23 genera.-Distribution:Species from this family are generally endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species also occurring in New Zealand...
and native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. At least two species have a whitish tip to the abdomen
Abdomen
In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity...
and are known as white-tailed spider
White-tailed spider
White-tailed spiders are medium-sized spiders native to southern and eastern Australia, and so named because of the whitish tips at the end of their abdomens. Common species are Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina. Both these species have been introduced to New Zealand.White-tailed spiders are...
s. Both have been introduced to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Both are hunting spiders, with other spiders their preferred prey.
Species
- Lampona airlie Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona allyn Platnick, 2000 (New South Wales)
- Lampona ampeinna Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia, central Australia)
- Lampona barrow Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)
- Lampona braemar Platnick, 2000 (Eastern Australia, Tasmania)
- Lampona brevipes L. Koch, 1872 (Western Australia)
- Lampona bunya Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona carlisle Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona chalmers Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona chinghee Platnick, 2000 (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Lampona cohuna Platnick, 2000 (South Australia, Victoria)
- Lampona cudgen Platnick, 2000 (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
- Lampona cumberland Platnick, 2000 (Victoria)
- Lampona cylindrata (L. Koch, 1866) (Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand)
- Lampona danggali Platnick, 2000 (Central, Eastern Australia)
- Lampona davies Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona dwellingup Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)
- Lampona eba Platnick, 2000 (South Australia)
- Lampona ewens Platnick, 2000 (South Australia, Tasmania)
- Lampona fife Platnick, 2000 (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Lampona finke Platnick, 2000 (Northern Territory, South Australia)
- Lampona finnigan Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona flavipes L. Koch, 1872 (Central, Eastern Australia)
- Lampona foliifera Simon, 1908 (Western Australia, central Australia)
- Lampona garnet Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona gilles Platnick, 2000 (South Australia)
- Lampona gosford Platnick, 2000 (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Lampona hickmani Platnick, 2000 (Tasmania)
- Lampona hirsti Platnick, 2000 (South Australia)
- Lampona kapalga Platnick, 2000 (Northern Territory, Queensland)
- Lampona kirrama Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona lamington Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona lomond Platnick, 2000 (Southeastern Australia, Tasmania)
- Lampona macilenta L. Koch, 1873 (Southern Australia)
- Lampona mildura Platnick, 2000 (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Lampona molloy Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona monteithi Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona moorilyanna Platnick, 2000 (Queensland, South Australia)
- Lampona murina L. Koch, 1873 (Eastern Australia, New Zealand)
- Lampona olga Platnick, 2000 (Northern Territory)
- Lampona ooldea Platnick, 2000 (South Australia, Victoria)
- Lampona papua Platnick, 2000 (New Guinea)
- Lampona punctigera Simon, 1908 (Southern Australia)
- Lampona pusilla L. Koch, 1873 (Eastern Australia)
- Lampona quinqueplagiata Simon, 1908 (Western Australia)
- Lampona ruida L. Koch, 1873 (Eastern Australia, Tasmania)
- Lampona russell Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona spec Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona superbus Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona talbingo Platnick, 2000 (Southeastern Australia)
- Lampona taroom Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona terrors Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona torbay Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)
- Lampona tulley Platnick, 2000 (Queensland)
- Lampona walsh Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)
- Lampona whaleback Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)
- Lampona yanchep Platnick, 2000 (Western Australia)