Asiolasma is a genus of harvestmen in the family Nemastomatidae with six described species (as of 2023). The species are found in Southeast Asia, namely China, Vietnam and Thailand. Some species are treated under other genera in Schönhofer (2013).
Description The genus Asiolasma was described by Jochen Martens, with the nominated type species Dendrolasma angka Schwendinger & Gruber (1992). In the past, this species was alternatively placed in Cladolasma, Another species was later described as Cladolasma damingshan Zhang & Zhang (2013), but both have since been transferred.
Species These six species belong to the genus Asiolasma:
Asiolasma ailaoshan (Zhang, Zhao & Zhang, 2018)China Asiolasma angka (Schwendinger & Gruber, 1992)Thailand Asiolasma billsheari Martens, 2019China Asiolasma damingshan (Zhang & Zhang, 2013)China Asiolasma juergengruberi Martens, 2019China Asiolasma schwendingeri Martens, 2019Vietnam
Etymology Gender neuter. From toponym Asia + truncation of pre-existing genus name Ortholasma.
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