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. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Aparua.
Species
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):
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
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Melbourne Trapdoor spider Melbourne Trap-door Spider Stanwellia grisea Victorian Funnel web, Trap-door spiders and Mouse spiders. Which spiders do Victorians mistake for a Sydney Funnel-web?