Stasimopus brevipalpis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Stasimopus brevipalpis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Stasimopidae
Genus: Stasimopus
Species:
S. brevipalpis
Binomial name
Stasimopus brevipalpis

Stasimopus brevipalpis is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Stasimopus brevipalpis is found in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It occurs at Ashton on Farm Bonnie Vale, Robertson, and Bontebok National Park, at altitudes ranging from 108 to 227 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a trapdoor lid. The trapdoor has a width of 22 mm with a hinge width of 15 mm and an average thickness of 4 mm. The width of the burrow lower down is 16.8 mm. Burrows have been found in the Fynbos biome.[3]

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