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Stasimopus rufidens
Stasimopus rufidens is a species in the family Stasimopidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the durban cork-lid trapdoor spider.
From the article Stasimopus rufidens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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.
Range & habitat
Stasimopus rufidens is found in South Africa. The species is found in KwaZulu-Natal province at Durban, Estcourt, Mooirivier, and Phinda Game Reserve.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
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 Savanna biome at altitudes between 148-1447 m above sea level.
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 690955.