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Acroaspis

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Acroaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acroaspis
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species
A. olorina
Karsch, 1878
Species

6, see text

Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains six species in Australia and New Zealand:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Acroaspis Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.