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]
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]
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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