Stasimopus
Genus of spiders
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Stasimopus is a genus of southern 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]
| African cork-lid trapdoor spiders | |
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| Female S. coronatus | |
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| Female S. maraisi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Stasimopidae Opatova & Hedin, 2020 |
| Genus: | Stasimopus Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. caffrus (C. L. Koch, 1842) | |
| Species | |
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54, see text | |
Species
female S. coronatus
female S. rufidens
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes 54 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) – South Africa (type species)
- 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 insculptus peddiensis Hewitt, 1917 – 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) – South 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 umtaticus rangeri Hewitt, 1927 – 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
