| Sobasina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Sobasina Simon, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. amoenula Simon, 1898 | |
| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Sobasina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[2] These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for S. paradoxa, which looks more like a beetle.
Species
As of August 2019 it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:[1]
- Sobasina alboclypea Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina amoenula Simon, 1898 (type) – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina aspinosa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina coriacea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Palau (Caroline Is.)
- Sobasina cutleri Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina hutuna Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is. (Rennell Is.)
- Sobasina magna Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Tonga
- Sobasina paradoxa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina platnicki Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Indonesia (Borneo)
- Sobasina platypoda Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina scutata Wanless, 1978 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Sobasina solomonensis Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina sylvatica Edmunds & Prószyński, 2001 – Malaysia
- Sobasina tanna Wanless, 1978 – Vanuatu
- Sobasina wanlessi Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Papua New Guinea
- Sobasina yapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Micronesia (Caroline Is.)
References
- 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sobasina Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1898). "Etudes arachnologiques. 28e Mémoire. XLIII. Arachnides recueillis par M. le Dr Ph. François en Nouvelle Calédonie, aux Nouvelles-Hebrides (Mallicolo) et à l'île de Vanikoro". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 66: 271–276.
Further reading
- Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A.; Proszynski, J. (1998). "Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 26 (2): 149–189.
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