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

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