Stanwellia occidentalis

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 Edit this 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
Main, 1972[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The 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

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The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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].
  2. ^ 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.