Biology:Cosmophasis albipes
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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. albipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Cosmophasis albipes Berland & Millot, 1941
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Cosmophasis albipes is a species of jumping spider in the genus Cosmophasis.[1] The type specimen of the species is a female, collected on 1 August in nowadays Guinea.[2]
Description
The females' cephalothorax is light fawn, the cephalic part has a large black spot that covers the posterior eyes, arching before the dimple, the thoracic part having a blackish oblique zone. Chelicerae are brown, darker than cephalothorax, mouthparts are very fawn, and abdomen is whitish, with four white-speckled blackish lines, the first pair going to the middle, the last touching the spinnerets, and black hairs. Both the underside and spinnerets are white.[2]
Distribution
The type locality is from Macenta, French Guinea.[1][2]
Taxonomy
It is assigned to the genus Cosmophasis due to having lateral spines on the anterior metatarsals. It is closely related with the genus Telamonia.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/28845.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Berland, Lucien; Millot, Jacques (1941). "Les Araignees de l'Afrique l'Occidentale Francaise. I. Salticidae.". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 12: 297–423. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle-nouvelle-serie-1935-1950/les-araignees-de-l-afrique-occidentale-francaise.
Wikidata ☰ Q2305309 entry
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