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Stasimopus bimaculatus
Stasimopus bimaculatus is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Karoo cork-lid trapdoor spider.
From the article Stasimopus bimaculatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Stasimopus bimaculatus is known only from the female. The colour is brown, with the carapace behind and the two posterior pairs of legs paler and more yellowish. The pedipalps are ochraceous above along the middle of the patella and tibia, the two posterior pairs of legs and the four pairs of coxae are pale ochraceous. The opisthosoma is pallid, with a small black dorsal patch in front and a larger one behind.
Range & habitat
Stasimopus bimaculatus is found in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. It occurs at Willowmore and in Karoo National Park at Lammetjiesleegte, at altitudes ranging from 837 to 1,375 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is a ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a thick trapdoor lid. It has been sampled from the Nama Karoo and Grassland biomes.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 690924.