{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Speciesbox |taxon=Asiabadus asiaticus |authority=(Charitonov, 1946) |parent_authority=Roewer, 1961<ref name=NMBE /> }}
'''''Asiabadus''''' is a monotypic genus of Asian ground spiders containing the single species, '''''Asiabadus asiaticus'''''. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1961,<ref name=Roew1961>{{cite journal|last=Roewer|first=C. F.|year=1961|title=Araneae Dionycha aus Afghanistan I.|journal=Acta Universitatis Lundensis (N.F.) (2)|volume=58|issue=3|pages=1–33}}</ref> and has only been found in Central Asia and Afghanistan.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Asiabadus Roewer, 1961|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/904|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> It is named after Asiabad, a province in Afghanistan where they were first found, but it has been misspelled as "Asiadab" in generic and species headings.<ref name=Roew1961 />
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Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Monotypic Gnaphosidae genera Category:Spiders of Asia Category:Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer
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