Asemostera

Asemostera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Asemostera; Simon, 1898
Type species
	A. latithorax; (Keyserling, 1886)
Species
	9, see text
Synonyms
	Asemonetes Millidge, 1991; Caleurema Millidge, 1991; Ochronetria Millidge, 1991; Pelidida Simon, 1898;

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

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains nine species:

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

References

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 4 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.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 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.

[Mill2007-2] 1 2 3 4 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.

[Simo1898-3] Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

[Roth1965-4] 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.