Asemoneinae is a subfamily of

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

s (family Salticidae). It was created in 2015 by

Wayne Maddison Wayne Paul Maddison , is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the departments of zoology and botany at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of the Spencer Entomological Collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. His researc ...

. Most species are found in

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. The subfamily initially had five genera, but ''

Hindumanes ''Hindumanes'' is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) found in India. , two species have been described: *''Hindumanes karnatakaensis'' (Tikader & Biswas, 1978) *''Hindumanes wayanadensis ''Hindumanes'' is a genus of jumping spider ...

'' was later transferred to the subfamily

Lyssomaninae Lyssomaninae is a subfamily of jumping spiders. It includes four genera, three from the New World. Description Members of the subfamily Lyssomaninae are mostly green or yellow, and have long legs compared to other salticids. The anterior late ...

Description

Members of the subfamily Asemoneinae are translucent and long-legged relative to most other salticids. They resemble members of the subfamilies Onomastinae and

''sensu'' Madison, 2015. The posterior median eyes are unusually central for salticids, being distinctly closer to the midline than is the inner edge of the anterior lateral eyes.

Taxonomy

In 2015,

divided the subfamily Lyssomaninae, as

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in 1980 by Wanless, into three subfamilies, Onomastinae, Asemoneinae and

''s.s.'' Maddison included five genera. Molecular data united the three sampled genera, ''

Asemonea ''Asemonea'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869. Species it contains twenty-three species, native to Asia and Africa. One species has been introduced to Queensland: *'' Asemonea amatola' ...

'', ''

Goleba ''Goleba'' is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1980. Species it contains five species, found only in Africa: *'' Goleba jocquei'' Szüts, 2001 – Congo *'' Goleba lyra'' Maddison & Zhang, 2006 � ...

'' and ''

Pandisus ''Pandisus'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. Species it contains six species, endemic to Madagascar, except for one, which is found only in India: *'' Pandisus decorus'' Wanless, 1980 – M ...

''. Two genera, ''

'' and ''

Macopaeus ''Macopaeus'' is a genus (biology), genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders endemic (ecology), endemic to Madagascar. It contains only one species, ''Macopaeus spinosus''. Two other species (''Brettus celebensis, M. celebensis'' Merian, 1911 and ''B ...

'', were included based on previous classifications. In 2017, ''Hindumanes'', whose

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was originally placed in ''Lyssomanes'', was moved to Lyssomaninae ''s.s.'', on the basis of the similarity of the male

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Genera

, four genera were placed in the subfamily: *''

'' O. P.-Cambridge, 1869 *''

'' Wanless, 1980 *''

'' Simon, 1900 *''

'' Simon, 1900

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q64682717 Salticidae Spider subfamilies