Stasimopus rufidens
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| Stasimopus rufidens | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Stasimopidae |
| Genus: | Stasimopus |
| Species: | S. rufidens |
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| Stasimopus rufidens | |
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Stasimopus rufidens is a species in the family Stasimopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Stasimopus rufidens is found in South Africa. The species is found in KwaZulu-Natal province at Durban, Estcourt, Mooirivier, and Phinda Game Reserve.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
The species is known only from the female. The carapace is dark brown and shiny. The abdomen is short-oval, very convex, of a mouse-colour, clothed with very short hairs. The legs are short, very strong, with leg formula 4, 1, 3, 2, similar in colour to the cephalothorax, furnished with hairs, and numerous short strong spines near the sides of the tarsi and metatarsi of the first and second pairs.[3]
