''Asiolasma'' is a genus of

harvestmen The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids, Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...

in the family

Nemastomatidae The Nemastomatidae are a family of harvestmen with about 170 described species in 16 recent genera. Several fossil species and genera are known. Unlike some related currently recognized families, the Nemastomatidae are monophyletic. (2007): Nema ...

with six described species (as of 2023). The species are found in Southeast Asia, namely

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

and

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. Some species are treated under other genera in Schönhofer (2013).

Description

The genus ''Asiolasma'' was described by

Jochen Martens Jochen Martens (born 1941 in Jena) is a German zoologist, whose areas of expertise are primarily in ornithology and arachnology. He taught at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from 1976 to 2012 and is considered a pioneer in the use of bioa ...

, with the nominated type species '' Dendrolasma angka'' Schwendinger & Gruber (1992). In the past, this species was alternatively placed in ''Cladolasma'', Another species was later described as '' Cladolasma damingshan'' Zhang & Zhang (2013), but both have since been transferred.

Species

These six species belong to the genus ''Asiolasma'': * '' Asiolasma ailaoshan'' (Zhang, Zhao & Zhang, 2018)

* '' Asiolasma angka'' (Schwendinger & Gruber, 1992)

* '' Asiolasma billsheari'' Martens, 2019

* '' Asiolasma damingshan'' (Zhang & Zhang, 2013)

* '' Asiolasma juergengruberi'' Martens, 2019

* '' Asiolasma schwendingeri'' Martens, 2019

Etymology

Gender neuter. From toponym Asia + truncation of pre-existing genus name ''Ortholasma''.

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q65684587 Harvestmen Fauna of China