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Genus: Hivanua Maddison, 2024 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Hivanua rufescens (Berland, 1934)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036054

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Described:

Distribution: French Polynesia (Marquesas Is.)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

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Taxonomic References

Sandalodes rufescens Berland, 1934b: 334, f. 14-17 (Dmf) Original description

Habronattus rufescens Prószyński, 2002: 237, f. 51-53 (mf, T from Sandalodes)

Habronattus rufescens Arnedo & Gillespie, 2006: 479, f. 2Q (m)

Hivanua rufescens Maddison, 2024: 222, f. 11-14 (m, T from Habronattus)

References

Arnedo, M. A. & Gillespie, R. (2006). Species diversification patterns in the Polynesian jumping spider genus Havaika Prószyński, 2001 (Araneae, Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 472-495. -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1934b). Araignées de Polynésie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 103: 321-336. -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. (2024). Hivanua, a new genus of harmochirine jumping spiders from the Marquesas Islands (Araneae, Salticidae, Harmochirina). ZooKeys 1200: 215-230. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.120868 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2002). Remarks on Salticidae (Aranei) from Hawaii, with description of Havaika gen.n. Arthropoda Selecta 10: 225-241. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-05-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Maddison, 2024
2024-05-12	Species transferred to new genus	Maddison, 2024		Species transferred from Habronattus to Hivanua