Genus of spiders
Stasimopus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[ 2] It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae .[ 1] [ 3]
Species
As of November 2024[update] it contains fifty-six species and two subspecies, found in southern Africa:[ 1]
Stasimopus artifex Pocock , 1902 – South Africa
Stasimopus astutus Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
Stasimopus bimaculatus Purcell , 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus brevipalpis Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus caffrus (C. L. Koch, 1842) (type ) – South Africa
Stasimopus castaneus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus coronatus Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus dreyeri Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus dylani Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus erythrognathus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus filmeri Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa
Stasimopus finni Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus fordi Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa
Stasimopus gigas Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus griswoldi Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa
Stasimopus hamartia Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus hewitti Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa
Stasimopus ignis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus insculptus Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
Stasimopus karooensis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus kentanicus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus kolbei Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus leipoldti Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
Stasimopus longipalpis Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa
Stasimopus malesociatus Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus mandelai Hendrixson & Bond , 2004 – South Africa
Stasimopus maraisi Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa
Stasimopus meyeri (Karsch , 1879) – Southeast Africa
Stasimopus minor Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus nanus Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
Stasimopus nigellus Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
Stasimopus obscurus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
Stasimopus oculatus Pocock, 1897 – South Africa
Stasimopus palpiger Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
Stasimopus patersonae Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
Stasimopus poweri Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus purcelli Tucker, 1917 – South Africa
Stasimopus quadratimaculatus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus qumbu Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa
Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910 – South Africa
Stasimopus rufidens (Ausserer , 1871) – South Africa
Stasimopus schoenlandi Pocock, 1900 – South Africa
Stasimopus schreineri Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus schultzei Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
Stasimopus spinipes Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa
Stasimopus spinosus Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa
Stasimopus steynsburgensis Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
Stasimopus suffuscus Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
Stasimopus teras Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus theaei Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
Stasimopus tysoni Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
Stasimopus umtaticus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus unispinosus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
Stasimopus venterstadensis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa
In synonymy :
S. dubius Hewitt, 1913 = Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910
References
Further reading
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Purcell, W. F. (1903). "New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae". Annals of the South African Museum . 3 : 69– 142.
Hewitt, J. (1914). "Descriptions of new Arachnida from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown . 3 : 1– 37.
Hewitt, J. (1913). "Descriptions of new and little known species of trapdoor spiders (Ctenizidae and Migidae) from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown . 2 : 404– 434.
Engelbrecht, I.; Prendini, L. (2012). "Cryptic diversity of South African trapdoor spiders: three new species of Stasimopus Simon, 1892 (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), and redescription of Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910" . American Museum Novitates (3732): 1– 42. doi :10.1206/3732.2 . S2CID 86829293 .
Hewitt, J. (1927). "On some new arachnids from South Africa". Records of the Albany Museum Grahamstown . 3 : 416– 429.