Asemostera Explained

Asemostera is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[1] Originally placed with the family Agelenidae, it was moved to the family Linyphiidae in 1965.^[2]

Species

it contains nine species:^[3]

• Asemostera arcana (Millidge, 1991) – Costa Rica to Venezuela
• Asemostera daedalus Miller, 2007 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
• Asemostera dianae Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2012 – Peru
• Asemostera enkidu Miller, 2007 – Colombia, Venezuela
• Asemostera involuta (Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
• Asemostera janetae Miller, 2007 – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
• Asemostera latithorax (Keyserling, 1886) (type) – Brazil
• Asemostera pallida (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
• Asemostera tacuapi Rodrigues, 2007 – Brazil

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
2. Roth. V. D.. 1965. Genera erroneously placed in the spider families Agelenidae and Pisauridae (Araneida: Arachnida). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 58. 3. 291. 10.1093/aesa/58.3.289. free.
3. Gen. Asemostera Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.