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''Hakka himeshimensis'' is a species of the spider family Salticidae ( jumping spiders). ''H. himeshimensis'' is native to East Asia, but it has been introduced to the United States. The species is most commonly found in rocky coastal habitats.Kaldari et al. 2011
Both sexes have a body length of about 7 mm. The body and legs are uniformly dark brown. The body is covered with sparse lighter hairs. Between the eyes there are longer, reddish hairs that stand up diagonally. The chelicerae are brown and robust.Berry & Prószyński 2001
Abstract
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*Kaldari, Ryan, G. B. Edwards, and Richard K. Walton (2011)
"First records of Hakka (Araneae: Salticidae) in North America"
'' Peckhamia'' (94.1): 1–6.
''Hakka himeshimensis''
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''Hakka himeshimensis'' video
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Description
Both sexes have a body length of about 7 mm. The body and legs are uniformly dark brown. The body is covered with sparse lighter hairs. Between the eyes there are longer, reddish hairs that stand up diagonally. The chelicerae are brown and robust.Berry & Prószyński 2001
Distribution
''Hakka himeshimensis'' occurs inChina
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, North Korea, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, Hawaii, and the Eastern United States. It is not clear if there is a viable population in Hawaii, or if the found specimens represent incidental recent arrivals (although three specimens were collected over a period of 74 years). It is likely that the species was accidentally introduced to the Eastern United States by maritime shipping.
Name
The genus name is derived from Hakka, a Chinese people with 70 million worldwide. Many members were brought to Hawaii as laborers on sugar cane plantations in the middle of the 19th century. This is probably a reference to the species' origin in Asia.Footnotes
References
*Berry, James W. and Jerzy Prószyński (2001). "Description of ''Hakka'', a new genus of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hawaii and east Asia". ''Journal of Arachnology'' 29(2): 201-204Abstract
*Kaldari, Ryan, G. B. Edwards, and Richard K. Walton (2011)
"First records of Hakka (Araneae: Salticidae) in North America"
'' Peckhamia'' (94.1): 1–6.
Further reading
*Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906): Japanische Spinnen. ''Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft'' 30:93-422.External links
''Hakka himeshimensis''
at Worldwide database of jumping spiders
''Hakka himeshimensis'' video
at archive.org {{Taxonbar, from1=Q383816, from2=Q10516114 Salticidae Spiders of Asia Spiders described in 1906