Sobasina Explained

Sobasina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[1] These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for S. paradoxa, which looks more like a beetle.

Species

it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:^[2]

• 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.)

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. Journal of Arachnology. 26. 2. 149–189.

Notes and References

1. 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. 271–276. 66. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Sobasina Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.