Species of spider
Ascuta media Orsolobidae .[ 1] endemic to New Zealand .[ 2]
Taxonomy
Ascuta media was described in 1956 by Raymond Forster .[ 2] 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]
References
^ "Oldstyle id: ec2bb3c9888ede3d3175e04d26e6f1e0" . Catalogue of Life Species 2000 : Leiden, the Netherlands.^ a b c d Forster, R. R. (1956b). New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7 : 89-169.
^ 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. ^ 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.
