Acroaspis facts for kids
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acroaspis Karsch, 1878 |
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| A. olorina Karsch, 1878
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Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains six species in Australia and New Zealand:
- 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)
See also
In Spanish: Acroaspis para niños
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