Stasimopus is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae.

Species

, this genus includes 54 species and two subspecies, found in southern Africa:

Stasimopus artifex Pocock, 1902 – South Africa Stasimopus astutus Pocock, 1902 – South Africa Stasimopus bimaculatus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus brevipalpis Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus caffrus (C. L. Koch, 1842) – South Africa (type species) Stasimopus castaneus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus coronatus Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa Stasimopus dreyeri Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa Stasimopus dylani Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus erythrognathus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus filmeri Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa Stasimopus finni Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus fordi Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa Stasimopus gigas Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa Stasimopus griswoldi Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa Stasimopus hamartia Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus hewitti Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa Stasimopus ignis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus insculptus Pocock, 1901 – South Africa Stasimopus insculptus peddiensis Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa Stasimopus karooensis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus kentanicus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus kolbei Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus leipoldti Purcell, 1902 – South Africa Stasimopus longipalpis Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa Stasimopus malesociatus Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus mandelai Hendrixson & Bond, 2004 – South Africa Stasimopus maraisi Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa Stasimopus meyeri (Karsch, 1879) – South 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 Pocock, 1897 – South Africa Stasimopus palpiger Pocock, 1902 – South Africa Stasimopus patersonae Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa Stasimopus poweri Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa Stasimopus purcelli Tucker, 1917 – South Africa Stasimopus quadratimaculatus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus qumbu Hewitt, 1913 – South Africa Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910 – South Africa Stasimopus rufidens (Ausserer, 1871) – South Africa Stasimopus schoenlandi 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 teras Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus theaei Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa Stasimopus tysoni Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa Stasimopus umtaticus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus umtaticus rangeri Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa Stasimopus unispinosus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa Stasimopus venterstadensis Brandt, Sole & Lyle, 2023 – South Africa

In synonymy: S. dubius Hewitt, 1913 = Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910

References

Further reading

External links