Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea
Familia: Gnaphosidae
Subfamilia: Gnaphosinae
Genus: Asemesthes
Species: A. affinis – A. albovittatus – A. ales – A. alternatus – A. ceresicola – A. decoratus – A. flavipes – A. fodina – A. hertigi – A. kunenensis – A. lamberti – A. lineatus – A. modestus – A. montanus – A. nigristernus – A. numisma – A. oconnori – A. pallidus – A. paynteri – A. perdignus – A. purcelli – A. reflexus – A. septentrionalis – A. sinister – A. subnubilus – A. windhukensis
Name
Asemesthes Simon, 1887
Type species: Asemesthes subnubilus Eugène Simon, 1887
References
Primary references
Simon, E.L. 1887b. 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 (6)7: 369-384. Reference page.
Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2]
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
"Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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.
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