Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera, most of which are endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species (L. cylindrata, L. murina) also occurring in New Zealand where they are commonly known as 'white-tailed spiders'. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species (Centrothele mutica, Lamponova wau) also occur.
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Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera, most of which are endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species (L. cylindrata, L. murina) also occurring in New Zealand where they are commonly known as 'white-tailed spiders'. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species (Centrothele mutica, Lamponova wau) also occur.
==Genera== , this family includes 23 genera and 192 species. The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Centrothelinae Platnick, 2000 Asadipus Simon, 1897 – Australia Bigenditia Platnick, 2000 – Australia Centrocalia Platnick, 2000 – New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands Centroina Platnick, 2002 – Australia Centrothele L. Koch, 1873 – Australia, New Guinea Centsymplia Platnick, 2000 – Australia Graycassis Platnick, 2000 – Australia Longepi Platnick, 2000 – Australia Notsodipus Platnick, 2000 – Australia Prionosternum Dunn, 1951 – Australia, Tasmania Queenvic Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponinae Simon, 1893 Lampona Thorell, 1869 – Australia, New Guinea. Introduced to New Zealand Lamponata Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponega Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponella Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponicta Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponina Strand, 1913 – Australia Lamponoides Platnick, 2000 – Australia Lamponova Platnick, 2000 – Australia, New Guinea Lamponusa Platnick, 2000 – Australia Platylampona Platnick, 2004 – Australia Pseudolamponinae Platnick, 2000 Paralampona Platnick, 2000 – Australia, Tasmania Pseudolampona Platnick, 2000 – Australia
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