Asceua

Asceua
	A. cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Asceua; Thorell, 1887
Type species
	Asceua elegans;
Species
	47, see text
Synonyms
	Doosia; Suffucia;

Asceua is a genus of ant spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.

Species

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes 47 species:

Asceua adunca B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Laos
Asceua amabilis Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar
Asceua anding B. S. Zhang, F. Zhang & Jia, 2012 – China
Asceua arborivaga Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Guinea
Asceua banlaoensis H. B. Zhang & F. Zang, 2025 – China
Asceua bifurca B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (Borneo)
Asceua calciformis Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
Asceua chayu Wang, Mu, Lu, Xu & Zhang, 2024 – China
Asceua cingulata (Simon, 1905) – India
Asceua curva B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (Borneo)
Asceua daoxian Yin, 2012 – China
Asceua dawai Wang, Mu, Lu, Xu & Zhang, 2024 – China
Asceua digitata Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
Asceua dispar (Kulczyński, 1911) – Indonesia (Java)
Asceua elegans Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar (type species)
Asceua expugnatrix Jocqué, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
Asceua foordi Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Guinea, DR Congo, South Africa
Asceua forcipiformis Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
Asceua gruezoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1992 – Philippines
Asceua haocongi Lin & Li, 2023 – China (Hainan)
Asceua heliophila (Simon, 1893) – Philippines
Asceua incensa Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
Asceua japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Asceua jianfeng Song & Kim, 1997 – China
Asceua kunming Song & Kim, 1997 – China
Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo
Asceua longji Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
Asceua luki Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
Asceua maculosa Logunov, 2010 – Vietnam
Asceua menglun Song & Kim, 1997 – China
Asceua nangunhe H. B. Zhang & F. Zang, 2025 – China
Asceua palustris Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
Asceua piperata Ono, 2004 – Laos, Vietnam
Asceua quadrimaculata B. S. Zhang, F. Zhang & Jia, 2012 – China
Asceua quinquestrigata (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
Asceua radiosa Jocqué, 1986 – Comoros, Mayotte
Asceua septemmaculata (Simon, 1893) – Vietnam
Asceua shuangreni Lin & Li, 2023 – Vietnam
Asceua similis Song & Kim, 1997 – China
Asceua tertia Asima, Sankaran & Prasad, 2024 – India
Asceua thrippalurensis Sankaran, 2023 – India
Asceua torquata (Simon, 1909) – China, Laos, Vietnam
Asceua trimaculata B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (peninsula)
Asceua ventrofigurata Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Tanzania
Asceua wallacei Bosmans & Hillyard, 1990 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Asceua zijin Lin & Li, 2023 – China
Asceua zodarionina (Simon, 1907) – Guinea-Bissau

References

1 2 "Genus Asceua". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
1 2 Jocqué, R. (1991). "A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 201: 1–160.
↑ Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Genus Asceua". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

[jocque1991-2] 1 2 Jocqué, R. (1991). "A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 201: 1–160.

[thorell1887-3] Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.

Asceua

A. cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Asceua Thorell, 1887
Type species
Asceua elegans
Species
47, see text
Synonyms
Doosia Suffucia