Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acroaspis Karsch, 1878[1] |
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| A. olorina Karsch, 1878
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains six species in Australia and New Zealand:[1]
- Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) – New Zealand
- Acroaspis lancearia (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Acroaspis mamillana (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Acroaspis olorina Karsch, 1878 – Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales)
- Acroaspis scutifer (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Acroaspis tuberculifera Thorell, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Acroaspis Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.
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