Efate is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Efate Berland, 1938 |
Species | |
Description edit
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.[1]
Name edit
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.
Species edit
- 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 edit
External links edit
- Diagnostic drawings and photographs of E. albobicinctus
- Diagnostic drawings of E. fimbriatus
- Diagnostic drawings of E. raptor