- Sobasina platypoda
Taxobox
name = "Sobasina platypoda"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
familia =Salticidae
genus = "Sobasina "
species = "S. platypoda"
binomial = "Sobasina platypoda"
binomial_authority = Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998"Sobasina platypoda" is a
jumping spider .Name
"platypoda" "flat-footed" is based on the flattened dorsum of tibia 1 in both sexes.
Appearance
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
"S. platypoda" is only known from
Viti Levu andOvalau islands ofFiji .References
* (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. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v26_n2/JoA_v26_p149.pdf PDF]
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