Uahuka Explained

Uahuka is a genus of South Pacific sheet weavers endemic to the Marquesas Islands that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1935.^[1] It was transferred to the family Symphytognathidae in 1972,^[2] but the transfer was rejected in 1980.

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

While both species call the Marquesas Islands group home, each is endemic to a specific island: U. spinifrons has only been found on Ua Huka and U. affinis has only been found on Hiva Oa,^[3] a larger island about southeast of Ua Huka.

Species

it contains two species:^[4]

• Uahuka affinis Berland, 1935 − Marquesas Is.
• Uahuka spinifrons Berland, 1935 − Marquesas Is.

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)

Further reading

• Berland, L. (1935). Nouvelles araignées marquisiennes. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 142: 31-63.

External links

• Diagnostic drawings of both species

Notes and References

1. Berland. L.. 1935. Nouvelles araignées marquisiennes. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 31–63. 142. Lucien_Berland.
2. Levi. H. W.. 1972. Taxonomic-nomenclatural notes on misplaced theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with observations on Anelosimus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 91. 4. 534. 10.2307/3225482. 3225482. 5079239. Herbert_Walter_Levi.
3. Web site: G.M. Nishida. 2006. French Polynesia Spider Checklist (Preliminary). 2006-11-17.
4. Gen. Uahuka Berland, 1935. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-10-03. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.