Stanwellia

Stanwellia is a genus of South Pacific mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by W. J. Rainbow & R. H. Pulleine in 1918.^[3] Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders,^[3] it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,^[4] then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020.^[5] It is a senior synonym of Aparua.^[2]

Species

Melbourne Trapdoor Spider: Composite image of same spider from various angles. Center image as seen in natural surroundings (sandy loam soil). Location: found in moist soil at Carnegie, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

As of June 2020 it contains eighteen species, found in New Zealand and Australia:^[1]

• Stanwellia annulipes (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Stanwellia bipectinata (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia grisea (Hogg, 1901) – Australia (Victoria)
• Stanwellia hapua (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia hoggi (Rainbow, 1914) (type) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Stanwellia hollowayi (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia inornata Main, 1972 – Australia (Victoria)
• Stanwellia kaituna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia media (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia minor (Kulczyński, 1908) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Stanwellia nebulosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – Australia (South Australia)
• Stanwellia occidentalis Main, 1972 – Australia (South Australia)
• Stanwellia pexa (Hickman, 1930) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Stanwellia puna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia regia (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia taranga (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand
• Stanwellia tuna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand

See also

• List of Pycnothelidae species

References