Centrothele is a genus of South Pacific white tailed spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1873. Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.
Species
it contains ten species found in Queensland, New South Wales, and one from New Guinea:
- Centrothele cardell <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele coalston <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele fisher <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele gordon <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Centrothele kuranda <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele lorata <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> (type) â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele mossman <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Centrothele mutica <small>(Simon, 1897)</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Guinea
- Centrothele nardi <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Centrothele spurgeon <small>Platnick, 2000</small> â Australia (Queensland)
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