Stanwellia nebulosa, also known as the nebular trapdoor spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae |
| Genus: | Stanwellia |
| Species: | S. nebulosa
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| Stanwellia nebulosa | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in south-east South Australia, including the Mount Lofty Ranges and the environs of Adelaide, in low woodland and open forest habitats on the loamy or limestone soils in which the spiders dig their burrows. Type localities include Mylor and Mallala.[2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [147]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ^ a b c "Species Stanwellia nebulosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-25.