Misplaced Pages

Stanwellia houhora
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Pycnothelidae
Genus:	Stanwellia
Species:	S. houhora
Binomial name
Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968)
Synonyms
Aparua houhora

Stanwellia houhora is a species of mygalomorph spider endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described as Aparua houhora in 1968 by Ray Forster from a single female collected in Northland. It was transferred into the Stanwellia genus in 1983. The holotype is stored at Auckland War Memorial Museum under registration number AMNZ5045-1.

Description

The female is recorded at 13.5mm in length. The carapace is orange brown. The legs are yellow brown. The abdomen is brown with patches dorsally.

Distribution

This species is only known from Houhora in Northland, New Zealand.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".

References

1. ^ Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 2: 1–166.
2. Main, Barbara York (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Diplurinae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): Two new genera from south western Australia". Journal of Natural History. 17 (6): 923–949. doi:10.1080/00222938300770731. ISSN 0022-2933.
3. "Stanwellia houhora". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
4. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.

• Endemic spiders of New Zealand
• Spiders described in 1968
• Stanwellia