Ascuta media is a species of spider in the family Orsolobidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1956b). New Zealand spiders of the family Oonopidae. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7: 89-169.
Taxonomy Ascuta media was described in 1956 by Raymond Forster. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description Cephalothorax and chelicerae are a uniform brown colour. Legs are paler in colour. Eyes are ringed with black colour. Abdomen is creamy white with chevron patterns.
Distribution Ascuta media is endemic to Fiordland in New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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