Uahuka

Uahuka is a genus of linyphiid spiders endemic to the Marquesas Islands. The genus was first described in 1935 by Berland. It was transferred to the family Symphytognathidae in 1972 by H.W. Levi, but this was rejected by Brignoli in 1980.[2] As of 2017, it contains 2 species, U. affinis and U. spinifrons[1] U. spinifrons has only been found on Ua Huka and U. affinis has only been found on Hiva Oa,[3] a larger island about 50 km to the southeast of Ua Huka.

Uahuka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Uahuka
Berland[1]
Type species
Uahuka spinifrons
Species
  • Uahuka affinis Berland, 1935
  • Uahuka spinifrons Berland, 1935

Name

The genus is named after the island Ua Huka on the Marquesas Islands. The describer, Lucien Berland, named several genera after islands in the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. Other names derived from islands in the Marquesas are Uapou and Nukuhiva. The name of the species U. affinis is derived from the Latin affinis "allied, related"; spinifrons translates to "spiny front".

Species
  • Uahuka affinis Berland, 1935 (Hiva Oa)
  • Uahuka spinifrons Berland, 1935 (Ua Huka)

References
  1. "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. Platnick, N.I. (2006). The world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History: Lyniphiidae
  3. Nishida, G.M. (2006). French Polynesia Spider Checklist (Preliminary) 2006 November 17 Checklist in .doc format

Further reading
  • Levi, H. W. (1972). Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus. Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 91: 533-538.
  • Berland, L. (1935). Nouvelles araignées marquisiennes. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 142: 31-63.


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