Uzakia
| Uzakia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cycloctenidae |
| Genus: | Uzakia Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1] |
| Species: | U. unica |
| Binomial name | |
| Uzakia unica (Forster, 1970) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Anaua unica | |
Uzakia is a monotypic genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae containing the single species, Uzakia unica. and has only been found in New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described as Anaua unica by Ray Forster in 1970 from female specimens.[2] The genus name Uzakia is a replacement name for Anaua, which had already been used in the Orthoptera.[3] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.[2]
Description
[edit]The female is recorded at 5.4mm in length.[2] The male palp was illustrated in a later publication, but no other character details were recorded.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Conservation status
[edit]Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size" and "Data Poor: Trend".[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Uzakia Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- 1 2 3 4 Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
- ↑ Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers. 139–140: 1–4.
- ↑ Forster, Raymond Robert; Blest, A. David (1979-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part V: Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae, Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–173.
- ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.