Stanwellia pexa is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1930 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman.[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. pexa
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| Stanwellia pexa | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in Tasmania, including Bass Strait islands, along coastlines in supralittoral habitats. The type locality is Prince of Wales Bay, Derwent Park, Hobart.[2]
Behaviour
editThe spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Hickman, VV (1930). "Studies in Tasmanian Spiders. Pt IV". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1929: 87–122 [87].
- ^ a b c "Species Stanwellia pexa (Hickman, 1930)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-25.