Stasimopus is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.^[2] It is the only genus in the family Stasimopidae.^[1][3]

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African cork-lid trapdoor spiders
Female Stasimopus rufidens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Family:	Stasimopidae Opatova & Hedin, 2020
Genus:	Stasimopus Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
S. caffrus (C. L. Koch, 1842)
Species
45, see text

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As of June 2020^[update] it contains forty-five species and two subspecies, found in southern Africa:^[1]

• 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) (type) – South Africa
• Stasimopus castaneus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
• Stasimopus coronatus Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
• Stasimopus dreyeri 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 Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
• Stasimopus griswoldi Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa
• Stasimopus hewitti Engelbrecht & Prendini, 2012 – South Africa
• Stasimopus insculptus Pocock, 1901 – South Africa
  • Stasimopus i. peddiensis Hewitt, 1917 – 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 mandelai Hendrixson & Bond, 2004 – South Africa
• Stasimopus maraisi Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa
• Stasimopus meyeri (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 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 tysoni Hewitt, 1919 – South Africa
• Stasimopus umtaticus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa
  • Stasimopus u. rangeri Hewitt, 1927 – South Africa
• Stasimopus unispinosus Purcell, 1903 – South Africa

In synonymy:

• S. dubius Hewitt, 1913 = Stasimopus robertsi Hewitt, 1910