Asmea

This article is about the genus of spiders. For the learned society ASMEA, see Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa.

Asmea is a genus of Papuan sheetweb spiders that was first described by M. R. Gray & H. M. Smith in 2008.^[2]

Asmea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Stiphidiidae
Genus:	Asmea Gray & Smith, 2008[1]
Type species
A. akrikensis Gray & Smith, 2008
Species
4, see text

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains four species, all found in Papua New Guinea:^[1]

• Asmea akrikensis Gray & Smith, 2008 (type) – New Guinea
• Asmea capella Gray & Smith, 2008 – New Guinea
• Asmea hayllari Gray & Smith, 2008 – New Guinea
• Asmea mullerensis Gray & Smith, 2008 – New Guinea

See also

• List of Stiphidiidae species