Ascuta
Sign in to saveAscuta is a genus of araneomorph spiders endemic to New Zealand in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1956.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyOrsolobidae
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Orsolobidae
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- MA I275486 TePapa Ascuta-australis-Forster full.jpg
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- taxon name
- Ascuta
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- Category:Ascuta
- endemic to
- New Zealand
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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.
==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
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