Scientific name Lampona Order Spider | Family Lamponidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Lamponidae, Badumna, Arachnid, Hadronyche, Atrax | ||
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.
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White tailed spider on a ruler lampona cylindrata
Name
The genus name is derived from Latin lampo "shine".
Species
As of March 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
References
Lampona Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA