Sobasina yapensis

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Sobasina yapensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Sobasina
Species: S. yapensis
Binomial name
Sobasina yapensis
Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1998

Sobasina yapensis is a species of jumping spider.

[edit] Name

The species is named after the Yap island group on which it occurs.

[edit] Distribution

S. yapensis is only known from Yap in the Caroline Islands.

[edit] References

  • Berry J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (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. PDF