Ascuta cantuaria
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| Ascuta cantuaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Ascuta |
| Species: | A. cantuaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Ascuta cantuaria | |
Ascuta cantuaria is a species of Orsolobidae spider of the genus Ascuta. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
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]