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Coccorchestes

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Coccorchestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Coccorchestes
Thorell, 1881[1]
Type species
C. rufipes
Thorell, 1881
Species

40, see text

Coccorchestes is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[2]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains forty species, almost all occurring in Papua New Guinea, with one species found in Australia and one in New Britain:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Coccorchestes Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.