Lamponidae

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.

As of January 2026^[update], this family includes 23 genera and 192 species. ^[2] 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, Loyalty Islands
• Centroina Platnick, 2002 – Australia
• Centrothele L. Koch, 1873 – Australia, New Guinea
• Centsymplia Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Graycassis Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Longepi Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Notsodipus Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Prionosternum Dunn, 1951 – Australia, Tasmania
• Queenvic Platnick, 2000 – Australia

• Lamponinae Simon, 1893

• Lampona Thorell, 1869 – Australia, New Guinea. Introduced to New Zealand
• 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 Guinea
• Lamponusa Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Platylampona Platnick, 2004 – Australia

• Pseudolamponinae Platnick, 2000

• Paralampona Platnick, 2000 – Australia, Tasmania
• Pseudolampona Platnick, 2000 – Australia

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

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

• {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

• Picture of Lampona cylindrata

Wikidata ☰ Q10583 entry

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