Stanwellia

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Stanwellia
S. grisea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Mygalomorphae Family: Nemesiidae Genus: Stanwellia Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918
Diversity
17 species
Species
S. grisea S. nebulosa  others, see text

Stanwellia is a genus of spiders in the family Nemesiidae.

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.

[edit] Species

• Stanwellia bipectinata (Todd, 1945) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia grisea (Hogg, 1901) — Victoria
• Stanwellia hapua (Forster, 1968) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia hoggi (Rainbow, 1914) — New South Wales
• Stanwellia hollowayi (Forster, 1968) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia inornata Main, 1972 — Victoria
• Stanwellia kaituna (Forster, 1968) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia media (Forster, 1968) — New Zealand
• Stanwellia minor (Kulczynski, 1908) — New South Wales
• Stanwellia nebulosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) — South Australia
• Stanwellia occidentalis Main, 1972 — South Australia
• Stanwellia pexa (Hickman, 1930) — 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

[edit] References

• 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?
• Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.

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