''Nukuhiva'' is a genus of

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s with a single species, ''Nukuhiva adamsoni'', that occurs only on the

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. It is in the

wolf spider Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...

family, Lycosidae. It has been found on Nuku Hiva and on Ua Huka, a smaller island about to the east.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by

Lucien Berland Lucien Berland (14 May 1888 in Ay, Marne – 18 August 1962 in Versailles)Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Berland (Lucien) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de ...

in 1935 and is named after the island Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Berland named several genera after islands in the

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during the 1930s. Other names derived from islands in the Marquesas are ''

Uapou ''Uapou'' is a monotypic genus of South Pacific sheet weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Uapou maculata''. It was first described by Lucien Berland in 1935, and is found on Ua Pou, one of the Marquesas Islands. It was transferred to ...

'' and ''

Uahuka ''Uahuka'' is a genus of South Pacific sheet weavers endemic to the Marquesas Islands that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1935. It was transferred to the family Symphytognathidae in 1972, but the transfer was rejected in 1980. The ge ...

''. 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).

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q18094162, from2=Q2621351 Lycosidae Fauna of the Pacific Ocean Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Oceania