''Lampona'' is a
genus
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of
South Pacific
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spiders in the family Lamponidae that was first described by
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 Oc ...
in 1869.
At least two species have a whitish tip to the
abdomen
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and are known as "
white-tailed spiders". Both hunt other spiders and have been introduced to
New Zealand
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. The name is derived from the
Middle English
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''
laumpe'', meaning "light" or "fire".
Species
it contains fifty-seven species native to
Australia
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and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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It is a simplified version of ...
:
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L. airlie''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. allyn''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales)
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L. ampeinna''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia, central Australia)
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L. barrow''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. braemar''
Platnick, 2000 – Eastern Australia, Tasmania
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L. brevipes''
L. Koch, 1872 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. bunya''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. carlisle''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. chalmers''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. chinghee''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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L. cohuna''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
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L. cudgen''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
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L. cumberland''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Victoria)
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L. cylindrata''
(L. Koch, 1866) (
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) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
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L. danggali''
Platnick, 2000 – Central, Eastern Australia
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L. davies''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. dwellingup''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. eba''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia)
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L. ewens''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
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L. fife''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
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L. finke''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia)
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L. finnigan''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. flavipes''
L. Koch, 1872 – Central, Eastern Australia
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L. foliifera''
Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia, central Australia)
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L. garnet''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. gilles''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia)
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L. gosford''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
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L. hickmani''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Tasmania)
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L. hirsti''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia)
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L. kapalga''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
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L. kirrama''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. lamington''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. lomond''
Platnick, 2000 – Southeastern Australia, Tasmania
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L. macilenta''
L. Koch, 1873 – Southern Australia
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L. mildura''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
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L. molloy''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. monteithi''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. moorilyanna''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia)
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L. murina''
L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia, New Zealand
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L. olga''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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L. ooldea''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
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L. papua''
Platnick, 2000 – New Guinea
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L. punctigera''
Simon, 1908 – Southern Australia
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L. pusilla''
L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia
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L. quinqueplagiata''
Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. ruida''
L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia, Tasmania
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L. russell''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. spec''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. superbus''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. talbingo''
Platnick, 2000 – Southeastern Australia
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L. taroom''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. terrors''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. torbay''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. tulley''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
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L. walsh''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. whaleback''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
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L. yanchep''
Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3013824
Araneomorphae genera
Lamponidae
Spiders of Australia
Spiders of New Zealand