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]

Stanwellia
Melbourne trapdoor spider (Stanwellia grisea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Pycnothelidae
Genus:	Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918[1]
Type species
S. hoggi (Rainbow, 1914)
Species
18, see text
Synonyms[1]
Aparua Todd, 1945[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^[update] the genus contained eighteen species, found in New Zealand (NZ) and the Australian states of New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (VIC), South Australia (SA) and Tasmania (TAS):^[1]

• Stanwellia annulipes (C. L. Koch, 1841) – TAS
• Stanwellia bipectinata (Todd, 1945) – NZ
• Stanwellia grisea (Hogg, 1901) – VIC
• Stanwellia hapua (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia hoggi (Rainbow, 1914) (type) – NSW
• Stanwellia hollowayi (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia inornata Main, 1972 – VIC
• Stanwellia kaituna (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia media (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia minor (Kulczyński, 1908) – NSW
• Stanwellia nebulosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – SA
• Stanwellia occidentalis Main, 1972 – SA
• Stanwellia pexa (Hickman, 1930) – TAS
• Stanwellia puna (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia regia (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia taranga (Forster, 1968) – NZ
• Stanwellia tuna (Forster, 1968) – NZ

See also

• List of Pycnothelidae species