| Acroaspis | |
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| A. decorosa in New Zealand | |
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| A. olorina in Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acroaspis Karsch, 18781 |
| Type species | |
| A. olorina Karsch, 1878
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| Species | |
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Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.2
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are endemic to Australia and New Zealand:1
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes five species: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)
References
References
- "Gen. Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.