Cocalus (spider)

Cocalus
Adult male Cocalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Cocalus
Type species
Cocalus concolor
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Cocalus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). It occurs from India and Southeast Asia to Queensland, Australia.[1]

Name

Cocalus was the king of Sicily in Greek mythology.

Species

References

  1. Caleb, John T. D. (20 January 2016). "First record of the genus Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae) from India" (PDF). Peckhamia. 135.1: 1–4. Retrieved 17 June 2017.


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