Cosmophasis baehrae

Cosmophasis baehrae
Female Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cosmophasis
Species:
C. baehrae
Binomial name
Cosmophasis baehrae
Żabka & Waldock, 2012

Cosmophasis baehrae is a species of jumping spider found in Australia and the Moluccas, and first described in 2012 by Marek Zabka and Julianne Waldock. It is named after entomologist Barbara Baehr.

Description

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. The body length of the male is 7 mm (0.28 in) and female 5 mm (0.20 in).

Distribution

Cosmophasis baehrae has been found along northern coastal regions of Australia in Queensland and Western Australia. Outside Australia it has been found in the Moluccas in Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Cosmophasis baehrae Żabka & Waldock, 2012", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2024-01-22
  2. ↑ "Atlas of Living Australia". CSIRO. 2012. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  3. 1 2 Żabka, Marek Michał; Waldock, Julianne (2012). "Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions. Genus Cosmophasis Simon, 1901". Annales Zoologici. 62 (1): 115–198. doi:10.3161/000345412x633694. Wikidata Q54578272.
  4. 1 2 3 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)
  5. 1 2 "Species Cosmophasis baehrae Zabka & Waldock, 2012". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-01-21.