Sobasina
# Sobasina

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

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

* 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.)
