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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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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.