Uzakia

Uzakia
Conservation status
Data Deficient (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

This species was first described as Anaua unica by Ray Forster in 1970 from female specimens. ^[2] The genus was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. ^[3] The holotype is stored in Otago Museum. ^[2]

Description

The female is recorded at 5.4mm in length. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand. ^[2]

Conservation status

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". ^[4]

References

1. "Gen. Uzakia Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184
3. 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.
4. 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.