Ascuta Explained

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.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species, found only in New Zealand:^[2]

• 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

• List of Orsolobidae species

Notes and References

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