| Ascuta leith | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Orsolobidae |
| Genus: | Ascuta |
| Species: | A. leith |
| Binomial name | |
| Ascuta leith Forster & Platnick, 1985 | |
Ascuta leith is a species of Orsolobidae spider of the genus Ascuta. The species is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a single female specimen collected in Otago. The species name refers to the site it was collected from. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The female is recorded at 2.92 mm (0.115 in) in length. The carapace and abdomen are patterned dorsally.
Distribution
This species is only known from Leith Saddle in Otago, New Zealand.
Conservation status
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".
References
- ^ 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.
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| Ascuta leith | |
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