Asemesthes
| Asemesthes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Asemesthes Simon, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
Simon, 1887
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| Species | |
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26, see text | |
Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2]
Species[]
As of May 2019 it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola:[1]
- Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
- Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
- Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Dalmas, 1921 – Namibia
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Simon, 1887 (type) – South Africa
- Tucker, 1923 – Namibia
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Gnaphosidae
- Spiders of Africa
- Taxa named by Eugène Simon
- Gnaphosidae stubs