Stasimopus mandelai

{{Short description|Spider from South Africa named after Nelson Mandela}}

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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."{{cite journal |author1=Hendrixson, Brent E. |author2=Bond, Jason E. | year = 2004 | title = A new species of Stasimopus from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), with notes on its natural history | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 619 | pages = 1–14 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.619.1.1 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00619.pdf | accessdate=2008-05-26}}[http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=800370 The Times (South Africa) Published:Jul 13, 2008]