Ascuta

Ascuta is a genus of araneomorph spiders endemic to New Zealand in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1956.[2]

Ascuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Ascuta
Forster, 1956[1]
Type species
A. media
Forster, 1956
Species

14, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains fourteen species, found only in New Zealand:[1]

  • Ascuta australis Forster, 1956 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta cantuaria Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta inopinata Forster, 1956 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta leith Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta media Forster, 1956 (type) – New Zealand
  • Ascuta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta musca Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta ornata Forster, 1956 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta parornata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta taupo Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta tongariro Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Ascuta univa Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Ascuta Forster, 1956". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1956). "New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 7: 89–169.


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