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]
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Asemesthes affinis Lessert, 1933 – Angola
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Asemesthes albovittatus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
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Asemesthes ales Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes alternatus Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
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Asemesthes ceresicola Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes decoratus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
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Asemesthes flavipes Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
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Asemesthes fodina Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes hertigi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
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Asemesthes kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
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Asemesthes lamberti Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes lineatus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
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Asemesthes modestus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
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Asemesthes montanus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes nigristernus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
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Asemesthes numisma Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes oconnori Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes pallidus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
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Asemesthes paynteri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes perdignus Dalmas, 1921 – Namibia
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Asemesthes purcelli Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes reflexus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
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Asemesthes sinister Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
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Asemesthes subnubilus Simon, 1887 (type) – South Africa
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Asemesthes windhukensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia
References
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^ a b "Gen. Asemesthes Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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^ 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.
