Stanwellia houhora

Stanwellia houhora is a species of Mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Stanwellia houhora
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Pycnothelidae
Genus:	Stanwellia
Species:	S. houhora
Binomial name
Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968)
Synonyms
Aparua houhora

Taxonomy

This species was described as Aparua houhora in 1968 by Ray Forster from a single female collected in Northland.^[1] It was transferred into the Stanwellia genus in 1983.^[2] The holotype is stored at Auckland War Memorial Museum under registration number AMNZ5045-1.^[3]

Description

The female is recorded at 13.5mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is brown with patches dorsally.^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Houhora in Northland, New Zealand.^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".^[4]

References

1. Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
2. Main, Barbara York (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Diplurinae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): Two new genera from south western Australia". Journal of Natural History. 17 (6): 923–949. doi:10.1080/00222938300770731. ISSN 0022-2933.
3. "Stanwellia houhora". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
4. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.