''Efate'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of the

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

family

Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...

(

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...

s).

Description

These ant-like spiders are three to five millimeters long. The

carapace A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the unde ...

is flattened. ''E. raptor'' males have enlarged first legs, giving them a

raptorial In biology (specifically the anatomy of arthropods), the term ''raptorial'' implies much the same as ''predatory'' but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod leg, arthropod's foreleg that make it function for the grasping of prey whi ...

appearance. The genus ''

Rarahu ''Rarahu'' is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Samoa. , it contains only one species, ''Rarahu nitida''. Berland probably adapted the genus name ''Rarahu'' from Pierre Loti's book of the same name, which was published in 1880. Loti himself ...

'' from the same subfamily is rather similar, as is ''

Sobasina ''Sobasina'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle. Species it contains ...

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

Name

Efate Efate (), also known as Île Vate (), is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. Geography It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanuatu's third larg ...

is an island in the

Republic of Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

, where the first specimen was found. The salticid genus ''

Araneotanna ''Araneotanna'' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae with only one species, ''A. ornatipes'', that occurs only on the New Hebrides. Name The genus was named ''Tanna'' until 2006, when it had to be replaced due to a conflict ...

'' is also named after an island of Vanuatu.

Species

* ''

Efate albobicinctus Efate (), also known as Île Vate (), is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. Geography It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanuatu's third larg ...

'' Berland, 1938 (Guam, Caroline Is., New Hebrides, Samoa, Fiji) * ''

Efate fimbriatus Efate (), also known as Île Vate (), is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. Geography It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanuatu's third larg ...

'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyn'ski, 1996 (Caroline Is., Marshall Is.) * ''

Efate raptor Efate (), also known as Île Vate (), is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. Geography It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it Vanuatu's third larg ...

'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyn'ski, 1996 (Fiji)

References

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Diagnostic drawings
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of ''E. albobicinctus''

of ''E. fimbriatus''

of ''E. raptor'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Efate (Genus) Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Oceania