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Stanwellia annulipes

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Stanwellia annulipes
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

Distribution and habitat

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

Behaviour

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Koch, CL (1842). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Vol. 9. Nürnberg: C.H. Zeh'schen. pp. 1–108 [52].
  2. ^ a b c "Species Stanwellia annulipes (C.L. Koch, 1842)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-25.