Cryptic Diversity of South African Trapdoor Spiders: Three New Species ofStasimopusSimon, 1892 (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), and Redescription ofStasimopus robertsiHewitt, 1910

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2012 South Africa English Publisher:American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)Journal:American Museum Novitates, volume 3,732, pages 1-42 (issn: 0003-0082,

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Authors: Engelbrecht, I.A. (Ian); Prendini, Lorenzo;

doi: 10.1206/3732.2

handle: 2263/21436

Cryptic Diversity of South African Trapdoor Spiders: Three New Species ofStasimopusSimon, 1892 (Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), and Redescription ofStasimopus robertsiHewitt, 1910

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Abstract

Funds for pitfall trapping equipment were provided by the Oppenheimer family and E. Oppenheimer & Son, with the assistance of Duncan MacFadyen. Funds for other costs associated with fieldwork were provided by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Government of the Republic of South Africa. Fieldwork was funded in part by National Science Foundation grants EAR 0228699 and DEB 0228699 to the second author.

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South Africa

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Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
South Africa
University of Pretoria
South Africa
American Museum of Natural History
United States

Keywords

590, Conservation, South Africa, Trap-door spiders -- South Africa, Araneae, Trapdoor spiders, Ctenizidae, Taxonomy, Spiders -- South Africa

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