Ascuta facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ascuta |
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| Ascuta australis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Ascuta Forster, 1956 |
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| A. media Forster, 1956
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Ascuta is a group of spiders, also known as a genus. These spiders are special because they are only found in New Zealand. They belong to a spider family called Orsolobidae. A scientist named Raymond Robert Forster first described them in 1956.
Types of Ascuta Spiders
As of 2019, there are fourteen known types, or species, of Ascuta spiders. All of these spiders live only in New Zealand.
- Ascuta australis – Forster, 1956
- Ascuta cantuaria – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta inopinata – Forster, 1956
- Ascuta insula – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta leith – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta media – Forster, 1956 (This is the main type species)
- Ascuta monowai – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta montana – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta musca – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta ornata – Forster, 1956
- Ascuta parornata – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta taupo – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta tongariro – Forster & Platnick, 1985
- Ascuta univa – Forster & Platnick, 1985
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