Stanwellia annulipes

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Stanwellia annulipes is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1842 by German arachnologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch.[1][2]

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Stanwellia annulipes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Pycnothelidae
Genus: Stanwellia
Species:
S. annulipes
Binomial name
Stanwellia annulipes
(C.L.Koch, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mygale annulipes C.L.Koch, 1842
  • Macrothele aculeata Urquhart, 1893
  • Arbanitis maculipes Hogg, 1903
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Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Tasmania in closed forest habitats.[2]

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. Their burrows do not have trapdoors.[2]

References

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