Sobasina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for S. paradoxa, which looks more like a beetle.
Species
it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:
- Sobasina alboclypea <small>Wanless, 1978</small> â Solomon Is.
- Sobasina amoenula <small>Simon, 1898</small> (type) â Solomon Is.
- Sobasina aspinosa <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Fiji
- Sobasina coriacea <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Palau (Caroline Is.)
- Sobasina cutleri <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Fiji
- Sobasina hutuna <small>Wanless, 1978</small> â Solomon Is. (Rennell Is.)
- Sobasina magna <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Tonga
- Sobasina paradoxa <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Fiji
- Sobasina platnicki <small>PrószyÃ
Âski & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013</small> â Indonesia (Borneo)
- Sobasina platypoda <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Fiji
- Sobasina scutata <small>Wanless, 1978</small> â Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Sobasina solomonensis <small>Wanless, 1978</small> â Solomon Is.
- Sobasina sylvatica <small>Edmunds & PrószyÃ
Âski, 2001</small> â Malaysia
- Sobasina tanna <small>Wanless, 1978</small> â Vanuatu
- Sobasina wanlessi <small>Zhang & Maddison, 2012</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Sobasina yapensis <small>Berry, Beatty & PrószyÃ
Âski, 1998</small> â Micronesia (Caroline Is.)
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