Efate (spider)

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Efate

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Agoriinae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Efate Berland, 1938

Species

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Efate is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

1 Description
2 Name
3 Species
4 References
5 External links

[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)