Cosmophasis baehrae
Appearance
Cosmophasis baehrae | |
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Female Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Cosmophasis |
Species: | C. baehrae
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Binomial name | |
Cosmophasis baehrae Żabka & Waldock, 2012
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Cosmophasis baehrae is a species of jumping spider found in Australia and the Moluccas,[1][2] and first described in 2012 by Marek Zabka and Julianne Waldock.[3] It is named after entomologist Barbara Baehr.[3][4]
Description
[edit]Cosmophasis baehrae has the inner two forward looking eyes greatly enlarged, typical of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Diagnostic for this species is a white bar on the carapace just behind the rearmost pair of eyes.[4] The body length of the male is 7 mm (0.28 in) and female 5 mm (0.20 in).[4]
Distribution
[edit]Cosmophasis baehrae has been found along northern coastal regions of Australia in Queensland and Western Australia.[5] Outside Australia it has been found in the Moluccas in Indonesia.[1][5]
Gallery
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Female Cosmophasis baehrae front view
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Male distinguished by the vertical white mark between the anterior median eyes
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Taxon details Cosmophasis baehrae Żabka & Waldock, 2012", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-01-22
- ^ "Atlas of Living Australia". CSIRO. 2012. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ a b Marek Zabka; Julianne M. Waldock (March 2012). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions. Genus Cosmophasis Simon, 1901". Annales Zoologici. 62 (1): 115–198. doi:10.3161/000345412X633694. ISSN 0003-4541. Wikidata Q54578272.
- ^ a b c Whyte, Robert; Anderson, Greg (2017). A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia. Clayton South Vic. 3169: CSIRO publishing. p. 235. ISBN 9780643107076.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b "Species Cosmophasis baehrae Zabka & Waldock, 2012". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-01-21.