Nukuhiva is a genus of spiders with a single species, Nukuhiva adamsoni, that occurs only on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. It is in the wolf spider family, Lycosidae.[1][2] It has been found on Nuku Hiva and on Ua Huka, a smaller island about 25 km (16 mi) to the east.[3]
| Nukuhiva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Nukuhiva Berland, 1935 |
| Species: | N. adamsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Nukuhiva adamsoni (Berland, 1933)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dolomedes adamsoni Berland, 1933 | |
Taxonomy edit
The genus was first described by Lucien Berland in 1935 and is named after the island Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Berland named several genera after islands in the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s. Other names derived from islands in the Marquesas are Uapou and Uahuka.
It was originally included in the family Pisauridae, though the shape of the male and female genitalia place it in the family Lycosidae (subfamily Lycosinae).[2][4]
References edit
- ^ "Gen. Nukuhiva Berland, 1935". wsc.nmbe.ch. World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Framenau, V. W.; Lehtinen, P. T. (7 October 2015). "Nukuhiva Berland, 1935 is a troglobitic wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae), not a nursery-web spider (Pisauridae)". Zootaxa. 4028 (1): 129–35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4028.1.6. PMID 26624300.
- ^ Nishida, G.M. (2006). French Polynesia Spider Checklist (Preliminary) 2006 November 17 Checklist in .doc format[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lehtinen, P.T. (2004) Problems in the widely used generic names in Lycosidae – traditions and facts (Abstract). 16th International Congress of Arachnology, Gent (Belgium), 2–7 August 2004.