LAMPONIDAE



  (22 described genera)



Description: Pedicel strongly sclerotized, with pair of large, oval envaginated sclerites situated just behind epigastric furrow in both sexes. Legs almost spineless.

Distribution: Native to Australia (including Tasmania), New Guinea, and New Caledonia; apparently introduced into Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands as well as the Kermadec, North, and South Islands of New Zealand.