Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00002
Paratheuma makai
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About Paratheuma makai
Paratheuma makai belongs to Desidae in the order Araneae.
Natural history and identification
Berry and Beatty described this small shoreline spider from Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island in 1989. On Kauaʻi, their specimens lived on sand beneath volcanic beach rocks near Kapaʻa. The measured adults were roughly 3–4 mm long. Identification depends on the male palp and female genital structures; a beach location alone does not establish the species. The original collectors found it abundant at one Kauaʻi beach, but that observation is a historical site record, not a present-day island population estimate.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. The Kauaʻi record is classified as “Present”. Its cited evidence source is iNaturalist Kauaʻi checklist.
Account coverage
Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Paratheuma makai
- Family
- Desidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Unknown
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Paratheuma makai belongs to Desidae in the order Araneae.