''Asemesthes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
Africa
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n
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
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:
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Asemesthes affinis
''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 – Ang ...
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Lessert, 1933 – Angola
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Asemesthes albovittatus
''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 – Angola ...
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Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
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Asemesthes ales''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes alternatus
''Asemesthes'' is a genus of African Gnaphosidae, 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, 19 ...
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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
''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 ...
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Purcell, 1908 – Namibia
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Asemesthes fodina
''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 ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes hertigi
''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 – Angola ...
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Lessert, 1933 – Angola
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Asemesthes kunenensis
''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 – Angola ...
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Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
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Asemesthes lamberti
''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 – Angola ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes lineatus
''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 – Angola ...
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Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
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Asemesthes modestus
''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 – Angola ...
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Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
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Asemesthes montanus
''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 ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes nigristernus
''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 – Angola ...
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Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
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Asemesthes numisma
''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 – Angola ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes oconnori
''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 – Angola ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes pallidus
''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 – Angola ...
''
Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
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Asemesthes paynteri
''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 – Angola ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes perdignus
''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 – Angola ...
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Dalmas, 1921 – Namibia
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Asemesthes purcelli
''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 – Angola ...
''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes reflexus
''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 – Angola ...
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Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
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Asemesthes septentrionalis
''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 – Angola ...
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Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1940 – Ethiopia
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Asemesthes sinister
''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 ...
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Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
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Asemesthes subnubilus
''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 ...
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Simon, 1887 (
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) – South Africa
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Asemesthes windhukensis
''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 – Angola ...
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Tucker, 1923 – Namibia
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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