''Acroaspis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South Pacific
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orb-weaver spiders first described by
Ferdinand Karsch
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist. He also wrote on human and animal sexual diversity with his mother's maiden name included a ...
in 1878.
Species
it contains six species in
Australia
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and
New Zealand
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:
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Acroaspis decorosa''
(Urquhart, 1894) – New Zealand
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Acroaspis lancearia''
(Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Acroaspis mamillana''
(Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Acroaspis olorina''
Karsch, 1878 – Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales)
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Acroaspis scutifer''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Acroaspis tuberculifera''
Thorell, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
References
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Australia
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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