''Asemostera'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
dwarf spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Agelenidae
The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (''Era ...
, it was moved to the family Linyphiidae in 1965.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Asemostera arcana''
( Millidge, 1991) – Costa Rica to Venezuela
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Asemostera daedalus''
Miller, 2007 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
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Asemostera dianae''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2012 – Peru
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Asemostera enkidu''
Miller, 2007 – Colombia, Venezuela
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Asemostera involuta''
(Millidge, 1991) – Ecuador
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Asemostera janetae''
Miller, 2007 – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
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Asemostera latithorax''
(Keyserling, 1886) (
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) – Brazil
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Asemostera pallida''
(Millidge, 1991) – Peru
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Asemostera tacuapi''
Rodrigues, 2007 – Brazil
See also
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List of Linyphiidae species
File:Silometopus reussi (26805753808).jpg , Silometopus reussi
File:Sheetweb Spider - Tapinopa bilineata, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg , Tapinopa bilineata
File:Araeoncus humilis.jpg, Araeoncus humilis
Lists of Linyphiidae species cover species of t ...
References
Linyphiidae genera
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of South America
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