Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Agoriinae
Genus: Efate
Species: E. albobicinctus – E. fimbriatus – E. raptor
Name
Efate Berland, 1938
Type species: Efate albobicinctus Lucien Berland, 1938
References
Primary references
Berland, L. 1938. Araignées des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 107: 121-190. Reference page.
Efate is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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.[1]
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.
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)
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)
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