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 Emerton, 1882 – Canada, USA, Mexico, China Asagena brignolii (Knoflach, 1996) – Greece Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884) – USA, Mexico Asagena italica (Knoflach, 1996) – France (incl. Corsica), Switzerland, Italy, Algeria Asagena medialis (Banks, 1898) – USA, Mexico Asagena meridionalis Kulczyński, 1894 – Central to south-eastern and eastern Europe, Georgia Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea Asagena pulcher (Keyserling, 1884) – USA Asagena semideserta (Ponomarev, 2005) – Kazakhstan, Mongolia
In synonymy: A. amurica Strand, 1907 = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801) A. nesiotes = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884) A. parvula = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884) A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801) A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801) A. venusta = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884)
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