Stasimopus qumbu
species of arachnid
Stasimopus qumbu is a species in the family Stasimopidae. It is endemic to South Africa.
Distribution
Stasimopus qumbu is found in South Africa. The species is known only from the Eastern Cape province, specifically from Farm Shawbury, Qumbu.
Habitat and ecology
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 Grassland biome at an altitude of 950 m above sea level.
Description
The species is known from both sexes. In the female, the carapace and legs are dark chestnut brown above and pale beneath, while the abdomen is fuscous above and yellowish below. The patch of red spinules on patella IV is rather small, dorsally covering less than half the length of the segment. There is an absence of apical spinules on the tibia of the pedipalp.
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