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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 Fish River Nature Reserve. The species was named in 2004 by zoologists Brent Hendrixson and Jason Bond "honoring Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and one of the great moral leaders of our time."
From the article Stasimopus mandelai on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Stasimopus mandelai is endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is known only from the type locality at Great Fish River Nature Reserve at an altitude of 323 m above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species inhabits the Thicket biome. Stasimopus mandelai is a ground dweller that constructs silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor. A few specimens were sampled from the type locality, including one female with 35 second instar spiderlings.
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 690941.