''Stanwellia'' is a

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mygalomorph The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3,000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to t ...

spiders in the family

Pycnothelidae ''Pycnothelidae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described in 1917. It was downgraded to a subfamily of the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, but returned to family status in 2020. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spid ...

. 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

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of ''Aparua''.

Species

the genus contained eighteen species, found in

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(NZ) and the

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n states of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

(NSW),

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(VIC),

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(SA) and

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(TAS): *'' Stanwellia annulipes'' ( C. L. Koch, 1841) – TAS *'' Stanwellia bipectinata'' (Todd, 1945) – NZ *''

Stanwellia grisea ''Stanwellia grisea'', also known as the Melbourne trapdoor spider, is a species of Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae Family (biology), family. It is endemism, endemic to Australia. It was species description, described in 1 ...

'' ( Hogg, 1901) – VIC *'' Stanwellia hapua'' ( Forster, 1968) – NZ *'' Stanwellia hoggi'' (Rainbow, 1914) (

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) – NSW *'' Stanwellia hollowayi'' (Forster, 1968) – NZ *'' Stanwellia houhora'' (Forster, 1968) – NZ *'' Stanwellia inornata''

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, 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 ''Stanwellia tuna'' is a species of mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described as ''Aparua tuna'' in 1968 by Ray Forster from a single male specimen collected on Ruapuke Island. It was transferred into the ' ...

'' (Forster, 1968) – NZ

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Melbourne Trapdoor spiderMelbourne Trap-door Spider Stanwellia grisea
Which spiders do Victorians mistake for a Sydney Funnel-web? Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow Taxa named by Robert Henry Pulleine Taxa described in 1918 {{Pycnothelidae-stub

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