''Sobasina platypoda'' 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 ...
.
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
''Sobasina platypoda'' is only known from
Viti Levu
Viti Levu (pronounced ; ) is the largest island in Fiji. It is the site of the country's capital and largest city, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.
Geology
Fiji lies in a plate tectonics, tectonically complex area betwe ...
and
Ovalau islands of
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
.
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
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Salticidae
Endemic fauna of Fiji
Spiders of Fiji
Spiders described in 1998
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