Acroaspis

Acroaspis
A. decorosa in New Zealand
A. olorina in Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Acroaspis Karsch, 1878 [1]
Type species
A. olorina Karsch, 1878
Species
6, see text

Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878. ^[2]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are endemic to Australia and New Zealand: ^[1]

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes five species: ^[1]

• 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)

References

1. "Gen. Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-26.
2. Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Acroaspis at iNaturalist