Centrothele

Centrothele is a genus of South Pacific white tailed spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1873.[2] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.[3]

Centrothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lamponidae
Genus: Centrothele
L. Koch, 1873[1]
Type species
C. lorata
L. Koch, 1873
Species

10, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species found in Queensland, New South Wales, and one from New Guinea:[1]

  • Centrothele cardell Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele coalston Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele fisher Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele gordon Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Centrothele kuranda Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele lorata L. Koch, 1873 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele mossman Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Centrothele mutica (Simon, 1897) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Guinea
  • Centrothele nardi Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Centrothele spurgeon Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Centrothele L. Koch, 1873". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens.
  3. Platnick, N. I. (2000). "A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245: 173. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1592.


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