Ascuta media

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Ascuta media
Status NZTCS NT.svg
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Ascuta
Species:
A. media
Binomial name
Ascuta media
Forster, 1956

Ascuta media is a species of spider in the family Orsolobidae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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Taxonomy

Ascuta media was described in 1956 by Raymond Forster. [2] The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum. [3]

Description

Cephalothorax and chelicerae are a uniform brown colour. Legs are paler in colour. Eyes are ringed with black colour. Abdomen is creamy white with chevron patterns. [2]

Distribution

Ascuta media is endemic to Fiordland in New Zealand. [2]

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Oldstyle id: ec2bb3c9888ede3d3175e04d26e6f1e0". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1956b). New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum7: 89-169.
  3. ↑ Forster, R.R; Platnick, N.L (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.
  4. ↑ 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.
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