Stasimopus leipoldti

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Stasimopus leipoldti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Stasimopidae
Genus: Stasimopus
Species:
S. leipoldti
Binomial name
Stasimopus leipoldti
Purcell, 1902[1]

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

Stasimopus leipoldti is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is known only from the type locality in Clanwilliam at an altitude of 83 m above sea level.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits the Fynbos biome. Stasimopus leipoldti is a ground dweller that constructs silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor.[3]

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