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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Salticinae
Clade: Simonida
Tribus: Euophryini
Genus: Sobasina
Species: S. alboclypea – S. amoenula – S. aspinosa – S. coriacea – S. cutleri – S. hutuna – S. magna – S. paradoxa – S. platnicki – S. platypoda – S. scutata – S. solomonensis – S. sylvatica – S. tanna – S. wanlessi – S. yapensis
Name

Sobasina Simon, 1898

Type species: Sobasina amoenula Eugène Simon, 1898
References
Primary references

Simon, E.L. 1898a. 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. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 66: 271-276. Reference page.

Additional references

Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. 2013. Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. III. Salticidae of Borneo, with comments on adjacent territories. Arthropoda Selecta 22(2): 113–144. PDF. Reference page.

Sobasina is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[2] These spiders look somewhat like ants, except for S. paradoxa, which looks more like a beetle.
Species

As of August 2019 it contains sixteen species, found only in Oceania, Malaysia, and Indonesia:[1]

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

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sobasina Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Simon, E. (1898). "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". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 66: 271–276.

Further reading
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" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 26 (2): 149–189.

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