Stasimopus quadratimaculatus
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| Stasimopus quadratimaculatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Stasimopidae |
| Genus: | Stasimopus |
| Species: | S. quadratimaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stasimopus quadratimaculatus | |
Stasimopus quadratimaculatus is a species in the family Stasimopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Stasimopus quadratimaculatus is found in South Africa. The species is known only from the Western Cape province, specifically from Montagu Baths near Montagu.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species is a ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor. The lid is very thick (5.5–9 mm), cork-like and not strongly bevelled at the edge with the lower edge more angular. The burrow width at entrance is 23–28 mm while the width narrows to 16–18 mm. The depth of the burrow is 18–19 cm.[3] The species has been sampled from the Fynbos biome at an altitude of 268 m above sea level.[3]
