Abstract
Three new species of the genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 are described and named as: A. calciformis sp. nov. (♂♀), A. digitata sp. nov. (♂) and A. forcipiformis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan province, China. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map are provided.
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