Asceua

Asceua
A. cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Asceua Thorell, 1887 [1]
Type species
Asceua elegans
Species
47, see text
Synonyms
Doosia [2] Suffucia [2]

Asceua is a genus of ant spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. ^[3]

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 47 species: ^[1]

• Asceua adunca B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Laos
• Asceua amabilis Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar
• Asceua anding B. S. Zhang, F. Zhang & Jia, 2012 – China
• Asceua arborivaga Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Guinea
• Asceua banlaoensis H. B. Zhang & F. Zang, 2025 – China
• Asceua bifurca B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Asceua calciformis Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
• Asceua chayu Wang, Mu, Lu, Xu & Zhang, 2024 – China
• Asceua cingulata (Simon, 1905) – India
• Asceua curva B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Asceua daoxian Yin, 2012 – China
• Asceua dawai Wang, Mu, Lu, Xu & Zhang, 2024 – China
• Asceua digitata Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
• Asceua dispar (Kulczyński, 1911) – Indonesia (Java)
• Asceua elegans Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar (type species)
• Asceua expugnatrix Jocqué, 1995 – Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
• Asceua foordi Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Guinea, DR Congo, South Africa
• Asceua forcipiformis Li, Liu & Peng, 2022 – China
• Asceua gruezoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1992 – Philippines
• Asceua haocongi Lin & Li, 2023 – China (Hainan)
• Asceua heliophila (Simon, 1893) – Philippines
• Asceua incensa Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
• Asceua japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
• Asceua jianfeng Song & Kim, 1997 – China
• Asceua kunming Song & Kim, 1997 – China
• Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo
• Asceua longji Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong, 2013 – China (Hainan)
• Asceua luki Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
• Asceua maculosa Logunov, 2010 – Vietnam
• Asceua menglun Song & Kim, 1997 – China
• Asceua nangunhe H. B. Zhang & F. Zang, 2025 – China
• Asceua palustris Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – DR Congo
• Asceua piperata Ono, 2004 – Laos, Vietnam
• Asceua quadrimaculata B. S. Zhang, F. Zhang & Jia, 2012 – China
• Asceua quinquestrigata (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java)
• Asceua radiosa Jocqué, 1986 – Comoros, Mayotte
• Asceua septemmaculata (Simon, 1893) – Vietnam
• Asceua shuangreni Lin & Li, 2023 – Vietnam
• Asceua similis Song & Kim, 1997 – China
• Asceua tertia Asima, Sankaran & Prasad, 2024 – India
• Asceua thrippalurensis Sankaran, 2023 – India
• Asceua torquata (Simon, 1909) – China, Laos, Vietnam
• Asceua trimaculata B. S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2018 – Malaysia (peninsula)
• Asceua ventrofigurata Jocqué & Henrard, 2024 – Tanzania
• Asceua wallacei Bosmans & Hillyard, 1990 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Asceua zijin Lin & Li, 2023 – China
• Asceua zodarionina (Simon, 1907) – Guinea-Bissau

References

1. "Genus Asceua". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
2. Jocqué, R. (1991). "A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 201: 1–160.
3. Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.