Efate (spider)

Efate
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Efate; Berland, 1938
Species
	See text.

Efate is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Description[edit]

These ant-like spiders are three to five millimeters long. The carapace is flattened. E. raptor males have enlarged first legs, giving them a raptorial appearance.

The genus Rarahu from the same subfamily is rather similar, as is Sobasina.^[1]

Name[edit]

Efate is an island in the Republic of Vanuatu, where the first specimen was found. The salticid genus Araneotanna is also named after an island of Vanuatu.

Species[edit]

Efate albobicinctus Berland, 1938 (Guam, Caroline Is., New Hebrides, Samoa, Fiji)
Efate fimbriatus Berry, Beatty & Prószyn'ski, 1996 (Caroline Is., Marshall Is.)
Efate raptor Berry, Beatty & Prószyn'ski, 1996 (Fiji)

References[edit]

^ Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Prószynski (1996). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. I. Distribution of twelve Genera, with descriptions of eighteen new species. PDF (description of all three species)

External links[edit]

Diagnostic drawings and photographs of E. albobicinctus
Diagnostic drawings of E. fimbriatus
Diagnostic drawings of E. raptor

[Berry1996-1] Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Prószynski (1996). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. I. Distribution of twelve Genera, with descriptions of eighteen new species. PDF (description of all three species)

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