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Genus: Asceua Thorell, 1887 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025614

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo

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Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (144436) - (Jocqué, 1991a)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 4f 2j (144436) - (Jocqué, 1991a)

Taxonomic References

Asceua lejeunei Jocqué, 1991a: 41, f. 64-70 (Dmf) Original description

Asceua lejeunei Jocqué & Henrard, 2024: 177, f. 10A-H, 11A-L, 12A-G, 13A-D (mf)

References

Jocqué, R. (1991a). A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201: 1-160. -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2024). A revision of Afrotropical Asceua (Araneae, Zodariidae), ant-eating spiders with puzzling distributions. African Invertebrates 65(2): 161-198. doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.138029 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-11-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Jocqué & Henrard, 2024
2024-11-28	Species distribution update	Jocqué & Henrard, 2024	Old value