Hakka (genus)

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Hakka

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Hakka Berry & Prószyński, 2001
Species:	H. himeshimensis

Binomial name

Hakka himeshimensis
(Dönitz & Strand), 1906)

Synonyms

Menemerus himeshimensis
Salticus koreanus
Icius himeshimensis
Pseudicius himeshimensis

Hakka is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

1 Description
2 Distribution
3 Name
4 Footnotes
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links

[edit] Description

Both sexes have a body length of about 7 mm. The body and legs are uniformly dark brown. The body is covered with sparse lighter hairs. Between the eyes there are longer, reddish hairs that stand up diagonally. The chelicerae are brown and robust.

[edit] Distribution

The only described species of this genus occurs in China, North Korea, Japan and Hawai'i. It is not clear if there is a viable population in Hawai'i, or if the found specimens represent incidental recent arrivals (although three specimens were collected over a period of 74 years).^[1]

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from Hakka, a Chinese people with 70 million worldwide. Many members were brought to Hawai'i as laborers on sugar cane plantations in the middle of the 19th century.^[1] This is probably a reference to the species' origin in Asia.

[edit] Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Berry & Proszynski 2001

[edit] References

Berry, J.W. & Prószyński, J. (2001): Description of Hakka, a new genus of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hawaii and east Asia. Journal of Arachnology 29(2): 201-204. Abstract - PDF