Sobasina
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Sobasina
| authority = Simon, 1898
| type_species = S. amoenula
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1898
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 16, see text
}}
Sobasina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1898| title=Etudes arachnologiques. 28e Mémoire. XLIII. Arachnides recueillis par M. le Dr Ph. François en Nouvelle Calédonie, aux Nouvelles-Hebrides (Mallicolo) et à l'île de Vanikoro| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| pages=271–276| volume=66| author-link=Eugène Simon}} These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for S. paradoxa, which looks more like a beetle.
Species
{{as of|2019|08}} it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Sobasina Simon, 1898| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-09-23| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2970| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Sobasina alboclypea Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina amoenula Simon, 1898 (type) – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina aspinosa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina coriacea Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Palau (Caroline Is.)
- Sobasina cutleri Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina hutuna Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is. (Rennell Is.)
- Sobasina magna Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Tonga
- Sobasina paradoxa Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina platnicki Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Indonesia (Borneo)
- Sobasina platypoda Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Fiji
- Sobasina scutata Wanless, 1978 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Sobasina solomonensis Wanless, 1978 – Solomon Is.
- Sobasina sylvatica Edmunds & Prószyński, 2001 – Malaysia
- Sobasina tanna Wanless, 1978 – Vanuatu
- Sobasina wanlessi Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Papua New Guinea
- Sobasina yapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998 – Micronesia (Caroline Is.)
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal| last1=Berry| first1=J.W.| last2=Beatty| first2=J.A.| last3=Proszynski| first3=J.| year=1998| title=Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera| journal=Journal of Arachnology| volume=26| issue=2| pages=149–189| url=http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v26_n2/JoA_v26_p149.pdf}}
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Category:Spiders of South America
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