''Asemesthes'' is a

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n ground spiders that was first described by

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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 ''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 ...

'' Tucker, 1923 – South Africa *'' Asemesthes alternatus'' 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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa *''

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 – Ango ...