type Ascuta media Forster, 1956; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Oonopidae to the Orsolobidae by Forster & Platnick, 1985: 95.

Transferred to other genera:
Ascuta algida Forster, 1956 -- see Waiporia
Ascuta alpina Forster, 1956 -- see Tangata
Ascuta extensa Forster, 1956 -- see Waiporia
Ascuta magna Forster, 1956 -- see Maoriata
Ascuta mensa Forster, 1956 -- see Waiporia
Ascuta modica Forster, 1956 -- see Waiporia
Ascuta orepukiensis Forster, 1956 -- see Tangata
Ascuta pallida Forster, 1956 -- see Duripelta
Ascuta plena Forster, 1956 -- see Tangata
Ascuta rakiura Forster, 1956 -- see Tangata
Ascuta salmoni Forster, 1956 -- see Paralobus
Ascuta stewartensis Forster, 1956 -- see Tangata

Ascuta australis Forster, 1956b: 130, f. 69-71 (Dmf).

Ascuta cantuaria Forster & Platnick, 1985: 106, f. 355, 386-387 (Df).

Ascuta inopinata Forster, 1956b: 137, f. 80-82 (Dm).
Ascuta inopinata Forster & Platnick, 1985: 107, f. 353, 364 (m).

Ascuta insula Forster & Platnick, 1985: 106, f. 354, 382-383, 391 (Df).

Ascuta leith Forster & Platnick, 1985: 105, f. 375, 379, 390 (Df).

Ascuta media Forster, 1956b: 101, f. 21-26 (Dmf).
Ascuta media Forster & Platnick, 1985: 96, f. 7, 143, 337-341, 348, 879-880, 887 (mf).

Ascuta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985: 106, f. 376, 381, 388 (Df).

Ascuta montana Forster & Platnick, 1985: 101, f. 365-366, 374, 385 (Dm).

Ascuta musca Forster & Platnick, 1985: 99, f. 357, 369-370, 378, 389 (Dmf).

Ascuta ornata Forster, 1956b: 107, f. 35-37 (Dmf).
Ascuta ornata Forster & Platnick, 1985: 108, f. 351, 373, 377, 394-395 (mf).
Ascuta ornata Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 33, f. 11.4-5 (m).

Ascuta parornata Forster & Platnick, 1985: 108, f. 352, 371-372, 384, 392-393 (Dmf).
Ascuta parornata Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 33, f. 11.1, 6 (f).

Ascuta taupo Forster & Platnick, 1985: 104, f. 356, 367-368, 380 (Dm).

Ascuta tongariro Forster & Platnick, 1985: 98, f. 349, 358, 360-363 (Df).

Ascuta univa Forster & Platnick, 1985: 96, f. 342-347, 350, 359 (Dmf).