Asemesthes

Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2]

Asemesthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Asemesthes
Simon, 1887[1]
Type species
A. subnubilus
Simon, 1887
Species

26, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola:[1]

  • Asemesthes affinis Lessert, 1933 – Angola
  • Asemesthes albovittatus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Asemesthes ales Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes alternatus Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
  • Asemesthes ceresicola Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes decoratus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Asemesthes flavipes Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
  • Asemesthes fodina Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes hertigi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
  • Asemesthes kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Asemesthes lamberti Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes lineatus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
  • Asemesthes modestus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes montanus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes nigristernus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes numisma Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes oconnori Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes pallidus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes paynteri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes perdignus Dalmas, 1921 – Namibia
  • Asemesthes purcelli Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes reflexus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Asemesthes septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  • Asemesthes sinister Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
  • Asemesthes subnubilus Simon, 1887 (type) – South Africa
  • Asemesthes windhukensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia
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References

  1. "Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Simon, E. (1887). "Etudes arachnologiques. 20e Mémoire. XXVIII. Arachnides recueillis dans le sud de l'Afrique par M. le docteur Hans Schinz". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6): 369–384.


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