Cocalus (spider)

Cocalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846, and is named after Cocalus, a Sicilian king of Greek mythology.[2]

Cocalus
Adult male Cocalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cocalus
C. L. Koch, 1846[1]
Type species
C. concolor
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

6, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains six species, found only in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea:[1]

  • Cocalus concolor C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Indonesia, New Guinea
  • Cocalus gibbosus Wanless, 1981Australia (Queensland)
  • Cocalus lacinia Sudhin, Nafin, Sumesh & Sudhikumar, 2019India
  • Cocalus limbatus Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia
  • Cocalus menglaensis Cao & Li, 2016China
  • Cocalus murinus Simon, 1899 – India, Indonesia (Sumatra)
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References

  1. "Gen. Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden.


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