Asagena

Asagena is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.

Species

it contains nine species, found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Algeria:

• Asagena americana <small>Emerton, 1882</small> – Canada, USA, Mexico, China
• Asagena brignolii <small>(Knoflach, 1996)</small> – Greece
• Asagena fulva <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Asagena italica <small>(Knoflach, 1996)</small> – France (incl. Corsica), Switzerland, Italy, Algeria
• Asagena medialis <small>(Banks, 1898)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Asagena meridionalis <small>Kulczyński, 1894</small> – Central to south-eastern and eastern Europe, Georgia
• Asagena phalerata <small>(Panzer, 1801)</small> (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea
• Asagena pulcher <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small> – USA
• Asagena semideserta <small>(Ponomarev, 2005)</small> – Kazakhstan, Mongolia

In synonymy:

• A. amurica <small>Strand, 1907</small> = Asagena phalerata <small>(Panzer, 1801)</small>
• A. nesiotes = Asagena fulva <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small>
• A. parvula = Asagena fulva <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small>
• A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata <small>(Panzer, 1801)</small>
• A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata <small>(Panzer, 1801)</small>
• A. venusta = Asagena fulva <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small>

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