Uzakia
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Uzakia unica
| authority = (Forster, 1970)
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| synonyms = Anaua unica
| parent_authority = Koçak & Kemal, 2008
}}
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.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Uzakia Koçak & Kemal, 2008| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-05-31| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/694| doi=10.24436/2}}
Taxonomy
This species was first described as Anaua unica by Ray Forster in 1970 from female specimens.Forster, R. R. (1970). [https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/4129 The spiders of New Zealand. Part III]. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184 The genus name Uzakia is a replacement name for Anaua, which had already been used in the Orthoptera.{{cite journal |last1=Koçak |first1=A. Ö. |last2=Kemal |first2=M. |year=2008 |title=New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida. |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/10789 |journal=Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers |volume=139-140 |pages=1–4}} The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description
The female is recorded at 5.4mm in length. The male palp was illustrated in a later publication, but no other character details were recorded.{{Cite journal |last=Forster |first=Raymond Robert |last2=Blest |first2=A. David |date=1979-01-01 |title=The Spiders of New Zealand Part V: Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae, Linyphiidae-Mynoglenidae |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113167425 |journal=Otago Museum bulletin |volume=5 |pages=1–173}}
Distribution
This species is only known from Fiordland, New Zealand.
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".{{Cite journal |last1=Sirvid |first1=P. J. |last2=Vink |first2=C. J. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=B. M. |last4=Wakelin |first4=M. D. |last5=Rolfe |first5=J. |last6=Michel |first6=P. |date=2020-01-01 |title=Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020 |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs34entire.pdf |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |language=English |volume=34 |pages=1–37}}
References
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Category:Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand
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