Sobasina platypoda
Appearance
Sobasina platypoda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Sobasina |
Species: | S. platypoda
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Binomial name | |
Sobasina platypoda Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998
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Sobasina platypoda is a jumping spider.
Name
[edit]platypoda "flat-footed" is based on the flattened dorsum of tibia 1 in both sexes.
Appearance
[edit]In contrast to other Sobasina species, in this one both sexes are quite similar. In males, however, the first legs are longer, in females the fourth. S. platypoda could at first be confused with Efate raptor.
Distribution
[edit]Sobasina platypoda is only known from Viti Levu and Ovalau islands of Fiji.
References
[edit]- 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. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF