Efate (genus)
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Efate is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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[edit] Description
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 (subfamily Synemosyninae).[1]
[edit] Name
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.
[edit] Species
- 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Prószynski (1996). Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. I. Distribution of twelve Genera, with descriptions of eighteen new species. PDF (description of all three species)
[edit] External links
- Diagnostic drawings and photographs of E. albobicinctus
- Diagnostic drawings of E. fimbriatus
- Diagnostic drawings of E. raptor
