''Asemesthes'' is a

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n ground spiders that was first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1887.

Species

it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola: *'' Asemesthes affinis'' Lessert, 1933 – Angola *'' Asemesthes albovittatus''

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, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa *'' Asemesthes ales'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *''

Asemesthes alternatus ''Asemesthes'' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. Species it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola: *'' Asemesthes affinis'' Lessert, 1933 – Ango ...

'' 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

Araneomorphae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Gnaphosidae-stub