Uzakia

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.

Taxonomy

This species was first described as Anaua unica by Ray Forster in 1970 from female specimens. The genus name Uzakia is a replacement name for Anaua, which had already been used in the Orthoptera. The holotype is stored in Tūhura [Otago Museum|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.

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".