Centrothele
Genus of spiders
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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 | |
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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 | |
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10, see text | |
Species
As of May 2019[update] 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)
