Taxobox
name = "Efate"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Agoriinae
tribus = "incertae sedis"
genus = "Efate"
genus_authority = Berland, 1938
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 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).[Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Prószynski (1996). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. I. Distribution of twelve Genera, with descriptions of eighteen new species. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_V24_n3/JoA_v24_p214.pdf PDF] (description of all three species)] ]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.
pecies
* "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
External links
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/efate/albobic.htm Diagnostic drawings] and [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/efate/albob-ph.htm photographs] of "E. albobicinctus"
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/efate/fimbriat.htm Diagnostic drawings] of "E. fimbriatus"
* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/efate/raptor.htm Diagnostic drawings] of "E. raptor"
