Stanwellia is a genus of South Pacific mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by W. J. Rainbow & R. H. Pulleine in 1918. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the Pycnothelidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Aparua. Species it contains eighteen species, found in New Zealand and Australia: Stanwellia annulipes (C. L. Koch, 1841) – Australia (Tasmania) Stanwellia bipectinata (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand Stanwellia grisea (Hogg, 1901) – Australia (Victoria) Stanwellia hapua (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia hoggi (Rainbow, 1914) (type) – Australia (New South Wales) Stanwellia hollowayi (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia houhora (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia inornata Main, 1972 – Australia (Victoria) Stanwellia kaituna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia media (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia minor (Kulczyński, 1908) – Australia (New South Wales) Stanwellia nebulosa (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) – Australia (South Australia) Stanwellia occidentalis Main, 1972 – Australia (South Australia) Stanwellia pexa (Hickman, 1930) – Australia (Tasmania) Stanwellia puna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia regia (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia taranga (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand Stanwellia tuna (Forster, 1968) – New Zealand See also List of Pycnothelidae species References Further reading External links Melbourne Trapdoor spider Melbourne Trap-door Spider Stanwellia grisea Victorian Funnel web, Trap-door spiders and Mouse spiders. Which spiders do Victorians mistake for a Sydney Funnel-web? Araneomorphae genera Pycnothelidae Spiders of Australia Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow