Asemostera

Life-forms

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
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Erigoninae
Genus: Asemostera
Species: A. arcana – A. daedalus – A. dianae – A. enkidu – A. involuta – A. janetae – A. latithorax – A. pallida – A. tacuapi
Name

Asemostera Simon, 1898

Type species: Erigone latithorax Eugen von Keyserling, 1886
Synonyms

Pelidida Simon, 1898
Asemonetes Millidge, 1991
Type species: Asemonetes arcanus Millidge, 1991
Caleurema Millidge, 1991
Type species: Caleurema involutum Millidge, 1991
Ochronetria Millidge, 1991
Type species: Ochronetria pallida Millidge, 1991

References

Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Rodrigues, E.N.L.; Brescovit, A.D. 2012: Linyphiid spiders of Peru: description of a new species, complementary descriptions and new distribution records (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 3506: 77–86. Preview Reference page.

Asemostera is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[3] Originally placed with the family Agelenidae, it was moved to the family Linyphiidae in 1965.[4]
Species

As of May 2019 it contains nine species:[1]

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

References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Asemostera Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
Miller, J. A. (2007). "Review of erigonine spider genera in the Neotropics (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149: 162. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00233.x.
Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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. doi:10.1093/aesa/58.3.289.