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