Stanwellia occidentalis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1972 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]
| Stanwellia occidentalis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Pycnothelidae |
| Genus: | Stanwellia |
| Species: | S. occidentalis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Stanwellia occidentalis | |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in South Australia, in open scrub and supralittoral habitats. The type locality is North Shields, 10 km north of Port Lincoln, on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula.[2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Main, BY (1972). "The mygalomorph spider genus Stanwellia Rainbow and Pulleine (Dipluridae) and its relationship to Aname Koch and certain other diplurine genera". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 55: 100–114 [108].
- ^ a b c "Species Stanwellia occidentalis Main, 1972". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-26.