Acroaspis decorosa

Acroaspis decorosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Acroaspis
Species:	A. decorosa
Binomial name
	Acroaspis decorosa; (Urquhart, 1894)

Acroaspis decorosa is a species of orbweaver spider that is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

Acroaspis decorsa was first described in 1894 as Epeira decorosa by Arthur Urquhart.[2] This species was later moved to the Eriophora genus by Ray Forster in 1988.[1] The species was moved again in 2010 to the Acroaspis genus.[3]

References

Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124.
Urquhart, A. T. (1894). Description of new species of Araneae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 26: 204-218.
Framenau, V. W., Dupérré, N., Blackledge, T. A. & Vink, C. (2010). Systematics of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Backobourkia (Araneae: Araneidae: Araneinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 68: 79-111.

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[:0-1] Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124.

[2] Urquhart, A. T. (1894). Description of new species of Araneae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 26: 204-218.

[3] Framenau, V. W., Dupérré, N., Blackledge, T. A. & Vink, C. (2010). Systematics of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Backobourkia (Araneae: Araneidae: Araneinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 68: 79-111.