Uahuka
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Uahuka is a genus of the family of linyphiidae whose two types on the Marquesas Islands endemic are. Herbert Walter Levi transferred the genus to the Symphytognathidae family in 1972. However, Paolo Marcello Brignoli rejected this in 1980. U. spinifrons is endemic to Ua Huka and U. affinis is only found on Hiva Oa , a larger island about 50 km southeast of Ua Huka.
Naming
The genus is named after the island of Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands. Describer Lucien Berland named several species of spiders after islands in the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. Other names derived from islands are the predatory spider genus Nukuhiva and the canopy spider genus Uapou .
The name of the species U. affinis is derived from the Latin word "affinis" and means "related", the name "spinifrons" means "thorny facade".
species
- Uahuka affinis Berland, 1935 (Hiva Oa)
- Uahuka spinifrons Berland, 1935 (Ua Huka)
literature
- Levi, HW (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. PDF, online (French)
Web links
Uahuka in the World Spider Catalog
Individual evidence
- ^ Platnick, NI (2007). The world spider catalog , version 7.5. American Museum of Natural History: Lyniphiidae
- ^ Nishida, GM (2006). French Polynesia Spider Checklist (Preliminary) 2008 October 29 List in .doc format