Cosmophasis baehrae
| Cosmophasis baehrae | |
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| Female Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[edit]
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Female Cosmophasis baehrae front view -
Male distinguished by the vertical white mark between the anterior median eyes
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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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b "Species Cosmophasis baehrae Zabka & Waldock, 2012". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-01-21.