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

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.