''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, however, the first legs are longer, in females the fourth. ''S. platypoda'' could at first be confused with ''
Efate raptor
Efate (french: Éfaté) is an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of the Shefa Province in Vanuatu. It is also known as Île Vate.
Geography
It is the most populous (approx. 66,000) island in Vanuatu. Efate's land area of makes it V ...
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Distribution
''Sobasina platypoda'' is only known from
Viti Levu and
Ovalau islands of
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), 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 ...
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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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