''Uahuka'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of South Pacific sheet weavers endemic to the

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in ...

that 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. It was transferred to the family Symphytognathidae in 1972, but the transfer was rejected in 1980. The genus is named after

Ua Huka Ua Huka is one of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the northern group of the archipelago, approximately to the east of Nuku Hiva, at . Name Ua Huka is sometime ...

on the Marquesas Islands. It is one of several genera that Lucien Berland named after islands in the

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during the 1930s. Other names derived from islands in the Marquesas are '' Uapou'' and '' Nukuhiva''. The specific name of ''U. affinis'' is derived from the

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''affinis'', meaning "allied, related". ''Spinifrons'' translates to "spiny front". While both species call the Marquesas Islands group home, each is

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to a specific island: ''U. spinifrons'' has only been found on

and ''U. affinis'' has only been found on

Hiva Oa With its , Hiva Oa is the second largest island in the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Located at 9 45' south latitude and 139 W longitude, it is the largest island of the southern Mar ...

, a larger island about southeast of Ua Huka.

Species

it contains two species: *'' Uahuka affinis'' Berland, 1935 − Marquesas Is. *'' Uahuka spinifrons'' Berland, 1935 − Marquesas Is.

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of both species Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Oceania Taxa named by Lucien Berland {{Linyphiidae-stub

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