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Lampona Braemar
''Lampona'' is a genus of South Pacific spiders in the family Lamponidae that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. At least two species have a whitish tip to the abdomen and are known as " white-tailed spiders". Both hunt other spiders and have been introduced to New Zealand. The name is derived from the Middle English '' laumpe'', meaning "light" or "fire". Species it contains fifty-seven species native to Australia and New Guinea: *'' L. airlie'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) *'' L. allyn'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' L. ampeinna'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia, central Australia) *'' L. barrow'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' L. braemar'' Platnick, 2000 – Eastern Australia, Tasmania *'' L. brevipes'' L. Koch, 1872 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' L. bunya'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) *'' L. carlisle'' Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) *'' L. chalmers'' Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, Eugène Simon and Thomas Workman (entomologist), Thomas Workman. He described more than 1,000 spider species during his time from the 1850 to 1900. Thorell wrote: ''On European Spiders'' (1869) and ''Synonym of European Spiders'' (1870-73). Taxonomic honors The Orb-weaver spider genus ''Thorellina'' and the jumping spider genus ''Thorelliola'' are named after him, as well as about 30 species of spiders: * ''Araneus thorelli'' (Roewer, 1942) (Myanmar) (Araneidae) * ''Gasteracantha thorelli'' Keyserling, 1864 (Madagascar) (Araneidae) * ''Leviellus thorelli'' (Ausserer, 1871) (Europe) (Araneidae) * ''Mandjelia thorelli'' (Raven, 1990) (Queensland) (Barychelidae) * ''Clubiona thorelli'' Roewer, 1951 (Sumatra) (Clubi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
