Cocalus | |
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Adult male Cocalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
Genus: |
Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846 [1] |
Type species | |
C. concolor C. L. Koch, 1846
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Species | |
6, see text |
Cocalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846, and is named after Cocalus, a Sicilian king of Greek mythology. [2]
At least one species, Cocalus gibbosus, does not adhere to spider silk and will sometimes invade the webs of other spiders and stalk across the webs to feed on them, [3] preferring spiders over insects in its diet. [4] However, unlike other araneophagic jumping spiders like Portia, Cocalus gibbosus does not pluck on the webs of other spiders. [3]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains six species, found only in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: [1]
Cocalus | |
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Adult male Cocalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
Genus: |
Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846 [1] |
Type species | |
C. concolor C. L. Koch, 1846
| |
Species | |
6, see text |
Cocalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846, and is named after Cocalus, a Sicilian king of Greek mythology. [2]
At least one species, Cocalus gibbosus, does not adhere to spider silk and will sometimes invade the webs of other spiders and stalk across the webs to feed on them, [3] preferring spiders over insects in its diet. [4] However, unlike other araneophagic jumping spiders like Portia, Cocalus gibbosus does not pluck on the webs of other spiders. [3]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains six species, found only in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea: [1]