''Asiolasma damingshan'', is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

harvestman The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total n ...

belonging to 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 ...

. It is endemic to

Guangxi Autonomous Region Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gu ...

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 ...

. It was initially described in the genus '' Cladolasma'' before being redefined within ''

Asiolasma ''Asiolasma'' is a genus of harvestman, harvestmen in the family Nemastomatidae with six described species (as of 2023). The species are found in Southeast Asia, namely China, Vietnam and Thailand. Some species are treated under other genera in S ...

'' when that genus was newly described.

Description

''Asiolasma damingshan'' is notable for the absence of keels around the eyes and arrangement of large spines on the penial glans in males. It relatively small species with slightly globular body; with a prolonged central anterior part of prosoma including ocular tubercle and hood markedly elevated, and eyes situated beyond the prosomal anterior margin. The central and two distal pairs of tubercles of the hood are longest and slender. Pedipalps relatively slender with tibia shorter than in the geographically closest species, A. schwendingeri.

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* {{Taxonbar, from1=Q124031646, from2=Q55607718 Harvestmen Arachnids of China Endemic fauna of China Animals described in 2013