jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
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Eugène Louis Simon
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Species
it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:
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Sobasina alboclypea
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
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Sobasina aspinosa
''Sobasina aspinosa'' is a species of jumping spider.
Name
The epitheton ''aspinosa'' "spineless" refers to the absence of spines from the legs.
Distribution
''Sobasina aspinosa'' is known from the islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu in Fiji ...
Fiji
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Sobasina hutuna
''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
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Sobasina magna
''Sobasina magna'' is a species of jumping spider.
Name
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Sobasina paradoxa
''Sobasina paradoxa'' is a jumping spider.
Name
The epitheton ''paradoxa'' is based on the unusual body form, compared with other ''Sobasina'' species.
Appearance
''Sobasina paradoxa'' looks somewhat like a beetle, unlike other ''Sobasina'' sp ...
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Sobasina platnicki
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
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Deeleman-Reinhold
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Sobasina platypoda
''Sobasina platypoda'' is a jumping spider.
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, h ...
'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
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Sobasina scutata
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
Sobasina solomonensis
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
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Sobasina sylvatica
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
Sobasina tanna
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
Sobasina wanlessi
''Sobasina'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for ''S. paradoxa'', which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found ...
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