''Pristobaeus taveuniensis'' is a jumping spider 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 st ...

. 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, after which the species is named.

References

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