Asemesthes

Asemesthes is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.^[2]

Asemesthes
A. flavipes from South Africa
A. subnubilus from South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Asemesthes Simon, 1887[1]
Type species
A. subnubilus Simon, 1887
Species
26, see text

Species

• 
  female A. ceresicola
• 
  female A. flavipes
• 
  male A. oconnori

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes 26 species:^[1]

• Asemesthes affinis Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Asemesthes albovittatus Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa
• Asemesthes ales 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, South Africa
• Asemesthes fodina Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
• Asemesthes hertigi Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Asemesthes kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Asemesthes lamberti Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Asemesthes lineatus Purcell, 1908 – Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
• Asemesthes modestus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
• Asemesthes montanus Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
• Asemesthes nigristernus Dalmas, 1921 – South Africa
• Asemesthes numisma Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
• Asemesthes oconnori Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Asemesthes pallidus Purcell, 1908 – South Africa
• Asemesthes paynteri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Asemesthes perdignus Dalmas, 1921 – Namibia
• Asemesthes purcelli Tucker, 1923 – Namibia, South Africa
• Asemesthes reflexus Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Asemesthes septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
• Asemesthes sinister Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Asemesthes subnubilus Simon, 1887 – Namibia, South Africa (type species)
• Asemesthes windhukensis Tucker, 1923 – Namibia