Nihoa (spider)
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Nihoa is a spider genus.
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[edit] Etymology
Named after the island Nihoa, where one of the species (N. mahina) is endemic.
[edit] Appearance
N. hawaiiensis males have a length of almost 15mm, including cheliceres; females are up to 21mm.
[edit] Distribution
Species of this genus occur in Oceania.
[edit] Species
- Nihoa annulata (Kulczyn'ski, 1908) (New Guinea)
- Nihoa annulipes (Thorell, 1881) (New Guinea)
- Nihoa aussereri (L. Koch, 1874) (Palau)
- Nihoa bisianumu Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa courti Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa crassipes (Rainbow, 1898) (New Guinea)
- Nihoa gressitti Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa gruberi Raven, 1994 (New Ireland)
- Nihoa hawaiiensis (Raven, 1988) (Necker Island)
- Nihoa itakara Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa kaindi Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa karawari Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa lambleyi Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa madang Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa mahina Churchill & Raven, 1992 (Nihoa)
- Nihoa maior (Kulczyn'ski, 1908) (New Guinea)
- Nihoa mambulu Raven, 1994 (Solomon Islands)
- Nihoa pictipes (Pocock, 1899) (New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Is.)
- Nihoa raleighi Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa tatei Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
- Nihoa vanuatu Raven, 1994 (New Hebrides)
- Nihoa variata (Thorell, 1881) (New Guinea)
- Nihoa verireti Raven, 1994 (New Guinea)
[edit] References
- Churchill, T. B. & R. J. Raven. 1992. Systematics of the intertidal trapdoor spider genus Idioctis (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) in the western Pacific with a new genus from the northeast. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32: 9-30. (Abstract)
- A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Idioctis (Araneae, Barychelidae). American Museum Novitates 2929:1-14. PDF (first description of N. hawaiiensis)
