Efate (spider)

Efate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Agoriinae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Efate; Berland, 1938
Species
	see text

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

Description

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 (subfamily Synemosyninae).^[1]

Name

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

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

^ 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

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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