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.

==Species== it contains fourteen species, found only in New Zealand: 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