Acroaspis Explained

Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.^[1]

Species

it contains six species in Australia and New Zealand:^[2]

• Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) – New Zealand
• Acroaspis lancearia (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Acroaspis mamillana (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878 – Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales)
• Acroaspis scutifer (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Acroaspis tuberculifera Thorell, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches.. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 771–826. 51.
2. Web site: Gen. Acroaspis Karsch, 1878. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-11. Natural History Museum Bern.