Stasimopus steynsburgensis

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Stasimopus steynsburgensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Stasimopidae
Genus: Stasimopus
Species:
S. steynsburgensis
Binomial name
Stasimopus steynsburgensis
Hewitt, 1915[1]

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

Stasimopus steynsburgensis is found in South Africa. The species is known only from the Eastern Cape province, specifically from Steynsburg.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor. The species has been sampled from the Thicket biome at an altitude of 1462 m above sea level.[3]

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