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Hinewaia

genus of arachnids

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ14631461 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hinewaia is a genus of the jumping spiders found in New Zealand. Its single described species is Hinewaia embolica.

Taxonomy

This species was described in 2002 by Marek Zabka and Simon Pollard. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.

Description

The body is around 4mm long. This species is predominately green coloured with a camouflage pattern. The abdomen has a distinctive brown cross marking dorsally.

Distribution and habitat

This species is known from throughout New Zealand. It is known from a wide range of habitats, but are typically associated with vegetation.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as not threatened.

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“Hinewaia” enters the record as genus of arachnids. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hinewaia, genus and arachnids can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hinewaia, genus and arachnids.
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“Hinewaia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Hinewaia, genus and arachnids provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14631461. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hinewaia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.