Asadipus Explained

Asadipus is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.^[1] Originally placed with the Corinnidae, it was moved to the Lamponidae in 2000.^[2]

Species

it contains twenty species:^[3]

• Asadipus areyonga Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Asadipus auld Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Asadipus banjiwarn Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus baranar Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus barant Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus barlee Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus bucks Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
• Asadipus cape Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus croydon Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
• Asadipus humptydoo Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Asadipus insolens (Simon, 1896) (type) – Australia (Queensland)
• Asadipus julia Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Asadipus kunderang Platnick, 2000 – Australia
• Asadipus longforest Platnick, 2000 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania)
• Asadipus mountant Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus palmerston Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Asadipus phaleratus (Simon, 1909) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland)
• Asadipus uphill Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Queensland)
• Asadipus woodleigh Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Asadipus yundamindra Platnick, 2000 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also

• List of Lamponidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon.
2. Platnick. N. I.. 2000. A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 245. 244. Norman_I._Platnick. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2. 2246/1592.
3. Gen. Asadipus Simon, 1897. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.