Cosmophasis micans
Appearance
Cosmophasis micans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Cosmophasis |
Species: | C. micans
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Binomial name | |
Cosmophasis micans (L.Koch, 1880)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Amycus micans L. Koch, 1880 |
Cosmophasis micans, or the peacock jumping spider, or the green ant-mimicking jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[1][2][3] It was first described as Amycus micans by L. Koch in 1880, and transferred to the genus Cosmophasis by Eugène Simon in 1901.[1] It is indigenous to northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Taxon details Cosmophasis micans (L. Koch, 1880)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Cosmophasis micans". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "Photos Insects Spiders 1". Reforestation.me. 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Mascord, R. (1970). Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW: Reed. p. 112.