Centrothele Explained

Centrothele is a genus of South Pacific white tailed spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1873.^[1] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.^[2]

Species

it contains ten species found in Queensland, New South Wales, and one from New Guinea:^[3]

• 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

• List of Lamponidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, L.. 1873. Die Arachniden Australiens. Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch.
2. 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. Norman_I._Platnick. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2. 2246/1592.
3. Gen. Centrothele L. Koch, 1873. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.