''Pristobaeus taveuniensis'' is a

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 ...

species in the genus '' Pristobaeus''. The male was first identified in 2008 by

Barbara Maria Patoleta Barbara Maria Patoleta is a Polish arachnologist who specialises in the taxonomy, evolution and zoogeography of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) in the Pacific Islands. Education Patoleta studied biology and chemistry at high school before s ...

. The species was initially placed in the genus ''Palpelius'' but was renamed ''Pristobaeus taveuniensis'' when ''Palpelius'' was accepted as the junior synonym for ''Pristobaeus''.

Description

The species is small and brown, with a

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

typically measuring long.

Distribution

''Pristobaeus taveuniensis'' is found in Fiji. The holotype was discovered on the island of

Taveuni Taveuni (pronounced ) is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, with a total land area of . The cigar-shaped island, a massive shield volcano which rises from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is situated east of Vanua ...

, after which the species is named.

References

Spiders of Fiji Salticidae Spiders described in 2008 Taxa named by Barbara Maria Patoleta {{Salticidae-stub