Stanwellia annulipes
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Pycnothelidae |
Genus: | Stanwellia |
Species: | S. annulipes
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Binomial name | |
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]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in Tasmania in closed forest habitats.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. Their burrows do not have trapdoors.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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].
- ^ 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.