''Ascuta'' is a

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of araneomorph spiders endemic to

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in the family

Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...

, and was first described by

Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...

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 (

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) – New Zealand *''

Ascuta monowai ''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'' Fo ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Ascuta montana'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Ascuta musca ''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'' Fo ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Ascuta ornata'' Forster, 1956 – New Zealand *'' Ascuta parornata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Ascuta taupo ''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'' Fo ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Ascuta tongariro ''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'' Fo ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Ascuta univa ''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'' Fo ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Orsolobidae Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References