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Ascuta
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Ascuta

Ascuta is a genus of araneomorph spiders endemic to New Zealand in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1956.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ascuta monowai

speciesAscuta monowai

Ascuta musca

speciesAscuta musca

Ascuta tongariro

speciesAscuta tongariro

Ascuta australis

speciesAscuta australis

Ascuta cantuaria

speciesAscuta cantuaria

Ascuta inopinata

speciesAscuta inopinata

Ascuta insula

speciesAscuta insula

Ascuta leith

speciesAscuta leith

Ascuta media

speciesAscuta media

Ascuta montana

speciesAscuta montana

Ascuta ornata

speciesAscuta ornata

Ascuta parornata

speciesAscuta parornata

Ascuta taupo

speciesAscuta taupo

Ascuta univa

speciesAscuta univa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 379429.