Pacificana
Pacificana is a genus of spiders in the family Cycloctenidae. It was first described in 1904 by Hogg., it contains only one species, Pacificana cockayni, found only on the Bounty Islands I Moutere Hauriri in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Both the genus and species were described in 1904 by Henry Roughton Hogg from a subadult male and several female specimens. A female syntype specimen is stored in Otago Museum. with the remainder assumed to be in the Natural [History Museum, London].A lack of distinctive characters meant this species has been difficult to assign to a family. First described in Agelenidae it was later transferred to Amaurobioididae and Miturgidae before a combination of morphological data and molecular analysis allowed it be placed in Cycloctenidae.
Description
Female body length ranges from 12.7 to 22 mm. The cephalothorax is dark brown with yellow markings on the carapace. The legs are yellow and ringed with brown bands. The abdomen has yellow and black stripes dorsally.Male body length is between 12.2 and 14.7 mm. Colouring is similar to the female, but with more extensive yellow markings on the carapace.