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Genus: Pacificana Hogg, 1904 | Family: Cycloctenidae Simon, 1898

Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023544

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Described:

Distribution: New Zealand (Bounty Is.)

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Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Otago Museum (OM), Dunedin, New Zealand 2f - (Forster, 1955c)
Syntype: Otago Museum (OM), Dunedin, New Zealand 1f (presence confirmed) - (Vink, Sirvid & Dupérré, 2025)
Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 3f 1jm (presence not confirmed) - (Vink, Sirvid & Dupérré, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904: 66, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Pacificana cockayni Forster, 1955c: 184, f. 24-28 (f)

Pacificana cockayni Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 89, f. 54.6-8 (f)

Pacificana cockayni Gorneau et al., 2025: 3 (T from Miturgidae to Cycloctenidae)

Pacificana cockayni Vink, Sirvid & Dupérré, 2025: 609, f. 2A-D, 3-4, 5A-G (Dm, f, familiar placement uncertain)

References

Forster, R. R. (1955c). Spiders from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 2: 167-203. -- Show included taxa

Gorneau, J. A., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S. C., Montana, K. O., Spagna, J. C., Vink, C. J. & Esposito, L. A. (2025). Mystery on the Bounty: the family-level status of Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904 (Araneae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 204(108256): 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108256 -- Show included taxa

Hogg, H. R. (1904). On a new genus of spiders from Bounty Island with remarks on a species of N. Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 13(73): 65-70. doi: 10.1080/00222930409487056 -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp. -- Show included taxa

Vink, C. J., Sirvid, P. J. & Dupérré, N. (2025). A redescription of the Pacific Bounty hunter, Pacificana cockayni Hogg, 1904 and an attempt to reunite with its family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 52(5): 602-620. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2024.2432459 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-07-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Vink, Sirvid & Dupérré, 2025
2025-07-31	First description of male	Vink, Sirvid & Dupérré, 2025	Old value
2025-02-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Gorneau et al., 2025