Description of Hakka, a new genus of jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hawaii and East Asia

We describe a new genus for a jumping spider that was originally placed in the large genus Menemerus Simon 1868, from which the new genus is clearly d ifferent. They were later reclassified as Icius, then as Pseudicius, and st ill later as Salticus. These initial classifications were repeated by a num ber of authors. The distinctive features of the male, and somewhat ambiguou s features of the female, do not fit any known genus; and this species is h ere assigned to the new genus Hakka.