title: Sobasina
text: # 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.)
  