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Stasimopus longipalpis
Stasimopus longipalpis is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as long palp cork-lid trapdoor spider.
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Description
Stasimopus longipalpis is known only from males. The carapace ranges from dark brown to pale brown, with legs also brown. The two anterior pairs of legs and the pedipalps are somewhat darker than the posterior two pairs, except for the distal portions of those appendages, which are pale. Total length is 11 mm.
Range & habitat
Stasimopus longipalpis is found in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. It occurs at Kalkfontein Dam Nature Reserve and Mpetsane Conservation Estate near Clocolan in the Free State, and near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The species is found at altitudes ranging from 1217 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species inhabits the Grassland and Savanna biomes. Stasimopus longipalpis is a ground dweller that constructs silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
In human culture
The species name longipalpis refers to the long pedipalps observed in this species.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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 690940.