Lampona

Lampona
Lampona or Lamponina species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lamponidae
Subfamily:	Lamponinae
Genus:	Lampona Thorell, 1869
Diversity
57 species

Lampona is a genus of spiders 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 spiders. Both have been introduced to New Zealand. Both are hunting spiders, with other spiders their preferred prey.

Name

The genus name is derived from Latin lampo "shine".

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)

References

• Platnick, N.I. (2000): A Relimitation and Revision of the Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 245: 1-330. Web version - Abstract, PDF