Ascuta cantuaria

Ascuta cantuaria
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Orsolobidae
Genus:	Ascuta
Species:	A. cantuaria
Binomial name
Ascuta cantuaria Forster & Platnick, 1985

Ascuta cantuaria is a species of Orsolobidae spider of the genus Ascuta . The species is endemic to New Zealand. ^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a single female specimen collected in Christchurch. The species name is a reference to the type locality. ^[1] The holotype is stored in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection under registration number NZAC03014991. ^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 3.36 mm (0.132 in) in length. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Kennedy's Bush in Christchurch, New Zealand. ^[1]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location". ^[3]

References

1. Forster, R.R (1985). "A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 181: 1–230.
2. "Specimen Details". scd.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
3. Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.