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]
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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, 1981 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cocalus lacinia Sudhin, Nafin, Sumesh & Sudhikumar, 2019 – India
- Cocalus limbatus Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia
- Cocalus menglaensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
- Cocalus murinus Simon, 1899 – India, Indonesia (Sumatra)
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References
- "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.
- Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden.
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