Biology:Cosmophasis baehrae

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Short description: Jumping spider from Australia

Cosmophasis baehrae
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Female Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
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,[1][2] and first described in 2012 by Marek Zabka and Julianne Waldock.[3] It is named after entomologist Barbara Baehr.[3][4]

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.[4] The body length of the male is 7 mm (0.28 in) and female 5 mm (0.20 in).[4]

Distribution

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]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q27504563 entry