Lampona

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 Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. chinghee Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) L. cohuna Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria) L. cudgen Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) L. cumberland Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Victoria) L. cylindrata (L. Koch, 1866) (type) – Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand L. danggali Platnick, 2000 – Central, Eastern Australia L. davies Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. dwellingup Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia) L. eba Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia) L. ewens Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Tasmania) L. fife Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) L. finke Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia) L. finnigan Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. flavipes L. Koch, 1872 – Central, Eastern Australia L. foliifera Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia, central Australia) L. garnet Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. gilles Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia) L. gosford Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) L. hickmani Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Tasmania) L. hirsti Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia) L. kapalga Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) L. kirrama Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. lamington Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. lomond Platnick, 2000 – Southeastern Australia, Tasmania L. macilenta L. Koch, 1873 – Southern Australia L. mildura Platnick, 2000 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) L. molloy Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. monteithi Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. moorilyanna Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia) L. murina L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia, New Zealand L. olga Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory) L. ooldea Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria) L. papua Platnick, 2000 – New Guinea L. punctigera Simon, 1908 – Southern Australia L. pusilla L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia L. quinqueplagiata Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia) L. ruida L. Koch, 1873 – Eastern Australia, Tasmania L. russell Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. spec Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. superbus Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. talbingo Platnick, 2000 – Southeastern Australia L. taroom Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. terrors Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. torbay Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia) L. tulley Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland) L. walsh Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia) L. whaleback Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia) L. yanchep Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)