Asemesthes Explained

Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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. 369–384. 7. 6.
2. Web site: Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.