Biology:Asmea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Asmea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Species

(As of September 2019) 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Asmea Gray & Smith, 2008. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3176. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. Gray, M. R.; Smith, H. M. (2008). "A new subfamily of spiders with grate-shaped tapeta from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Borralinae)". Records of the Australian Museum 60: 13–44. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.60.2008.1493. 

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