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 <small>Forster, 1956</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta cantuaria <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta inopinata <small>Forster, 1956</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta insula <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta leith <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta media <small>Forster, 1956</small> (type) – New Zealand
• Ascuta monowai <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta montana <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta musca <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta ornata <small>Forster, 1956</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta parornata <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta taupo <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta tongariro <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand
• Ascuta univa <small>Forster & Platnick, 1985</small> – New Zealand

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