''Stasimopus'' is a

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of African

mygalomorph The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to the ...

spiders that was first described by

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*'' Stasimopus astutus'' Pocock, 1902 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus bimaculatus''

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, 1903 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus brevipalpis'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus caffrus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Af ...

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) – South Africa *'' Stasimopus castaneus'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus coronatus'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus dreyeri ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afr ...

'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus erythrognathus'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus filmeri'' Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus fordi'' Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus gigas ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus griswoldi ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus hewitti ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus insculptus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Pocock, 1901 – South Africa **'' Stasimopus i. peddiensis'' Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus kentanicus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus kolbei ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus leipoldti ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Purcell, 1902 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus longipalpis ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus mandelai ''Stasimopus mandelai'' is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This species occurs syntopically with '' S. schoenlandi'' and a number of other mygalomorph spiders at the Great F ...

'' Hendrixson &

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, 2004 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus maraisi ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subs ...

'' Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus meyeri ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' ( Karsch, 1879) – Southeast Africa *'' Stasimopus minor'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus nanus'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus nigellus'' Pocock, 1902 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus obscurus'' Purcell, 1908 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus oculatus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Af ...

'' Pocock, 1897 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus palpiger ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Pocock, 1902 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus patersonae'' Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus poweri'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus purcelli ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Tucker, 1917 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus quadratimaculatus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subs ...

'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus qumbu'' Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus robertsi'' Hewitt, 1910 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus rufidens ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African Mygalomorphae, mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subs ...

'' (

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, 1871) – South Africa *''

Stasimopus schoenlandi ''Stasimopus schoenlandi'' is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae from South Africa. This species occurs syntopically with '' S. mandelai'' and a number of other mygalomorph spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathin ...

'' Pocock, 1900 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus schreineri'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus schultzei'' Purcell, 1908 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus spinipes'' Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus spinosus'' Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus steynsburgensis'' Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus suffuscus'' Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus tysoni'' Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa *''

Stasimopus umtaticus ''Stasimopus'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae. Species it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Afri ...

'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa **'' Stasimopus u. rangeri'' Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa *'' Stasimopus unispinosus'' Purcell, 1903 – South Africa In

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: *''S. dubius'' Hewitt, 1913 = ''Stasimopus robertsi'' Hewitt, 1910

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