Asiolasma is a genus of harvestmen in the family Nemastomatidae with six described species (as of 2023).[1][2][3] The species are found in Southeast Asia, namely China, Vietnam and Thailand.[1][4][5] Some species are treated under other genera in Schönhofer (2013).[6]

Asiolasma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Nemastomatidae
Subfamily: Ortholasmatinae
Genus: Asiolasma
Martens, 2019
Diversity
6 species

Description

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The genus Asiolasma was described by Jochen Martens,[7] with the nominated type species Dendrolasma angka Schwendinger & Gruber (1992). In the past, this species was alternatively placed in Cladolasma,[8] Another species was later described as Cladolasma damingshan Zhang & Zhang (2013), but both have since been transferred.

Species

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These six species belong to the genus Asiolasma:

Etymology

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Gender neuter. From toponym Asia truncation of pre-existing genus name Ortholasma.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Asiolasma". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  2. ^ "Asiolasma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  3. ^ NOT IN ITIS, 2023
  4. ^ "Asiolasma". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  5. ^ "Asiolasma". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  6. ^ Schönhofer, A.L. (2013). "A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones)". Zootaxa. 3679 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1. PMID 26146693.1-68&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.3679.1.1&rft_id=info:pmid/26146693&rft.aulast=Schönhofer&rft.aufirst=A.L.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3679.1.1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Asiolasma" class="Z3988">
  7. ^ a b c d Martens, J. (2019). "An ancient radiation: Ortholasmatine harvestmen in Asia - a new genus, three new species and a revision of the known species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Nemastomatidae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 126 (1): 79-110. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2619524. ISSN 0035-418X.
  8. ^ Shear, W.A. (2010). "New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from México, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae)". ZooKeys. 52: 9–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.52.471. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088029.9-45&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088029#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=1313-2989&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/zookeys.52.471&rft.aulast=Shear&rft.aufirst=W.A.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088029&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Asiolasma" class="Z3988">
  9. ^ Zhang, F.; Zhao, L-K.; Zhang, C. (2018). "Cladolasma ailaoshan, a new species of the genus Cladolasma Suzuki, 1963 from China (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae)". ZooKeys. 748: 11–20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.748.23273. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5904526. PMID 29674910.11-20&rft.date=2018&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904526#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=1313-2989&rft_id=info:pmid/29674910&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/zookeys.748.23273&rft.aulast=Zhang&rft.aufirst=F.&rft.au=Zhao, L-K.&rft.au=Zhang, C.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904526&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Asiolasma" class="Z3988">
  10. ^ Schwendinger, P.J.; Gruber, J. (1992). "A new Dendrolasma (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae) from Thailand" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 9 (2): 57–60. ISSN 0524-4994.
  11. ^ Zhang, C.; Zhang, F. (2013). "Description of a new Cladolasma (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae) species from China". Zootaxa. 3691 (4): 443–452. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.4.3. ISSN 1175-5326.
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