Uvik is a monotypic genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae containing the single species, Uvik vulgaris. It was first described by C. E. Griswold in 2001,[2] and has only been found in Middle Africa and in Uganda.[1]

Uvik
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Uvik
Griswold, 2001[1]
Species:
U. vulgaris
Binomial name
Uvik vulgaris
Griswold, 2001

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Uvik Griswold, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ^ Griswold, C. E. (2001). "A monograph of the living world genera and Afrotropical species of cyatholipid spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae, Araneoidea, Cyatholipidae)". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. 26: 1–251.