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| Asemesthes | |
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| A. flavipes from South Africa | |
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| A. subnubilus from South Africa | |
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 | |
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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
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female A. ceresicola
female A. flavipes
male A. oconnori
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes 26 species:[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, South Africa
- Asemesthes fodina Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
- Asemesthes hertigi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
- Asemesthes kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Asemesthes lamberti Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Asemesthes lineatus Purcell, 1908 – Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Asemesthes modestus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
- Asemesthes montanus Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
- Asemesthes nigristernus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
- Asemesthes numisma Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, 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 – Namibia, South Africa
- Asemesthes reflexus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Asemesthes septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
- Asemesthes sinister Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Asemesthes subnubilus Simon, 1887 – Namibia, South Africa (type species)
- Asemesthes windhukensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ↑ 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.