Cocalus (spider)

Cocalus
	Adult male Cocalus
Scientific classification
:	[[Template:Taxonomy/Cocalus]]; C. L. Koch, 1846
Type species
	C. concolor; C. L. Koch, 1846
Species
	6, see text

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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]

Species[edit]

As of June 2019^[update] it contains six species, found only in Asia, Australia, and Papua New Guinea:^[1]

Cocalus concolor C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Indonesia, New Guinea
Cocalus gibbosus Wanless, 1981 – Australia (Queensland)
Cocalus lacinia Sudhin, Nafin, Sumesh & Sudhikumar, 2019 – India
Cocalus limbatus Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia
Cocalus menglaensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
Cocalus murinus Simon, 1899 – India, Indonesia, Singapore (Sumatra)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Gen. Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
↑ Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Jackson, Robert R. (1990-10-01). "Predatory and nesting behaviour of Cocalus gibbosus, a spartaeine jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (4): 483–490. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422947. ISSN 0301-4223.
↑ Jackson, Robert R. (2000-01-01). "Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 27 (1): 29–39. doi:10.1080/03014223.2000.9518206. ISSN 0301-4223.

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[NMBE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Gen. Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.

[Koch1846-2] Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Jackson, Robert R. (1990-10-01). "Predatory and nesting behaviour of Cocalus gibbosus, a spartaeine jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (4): 483–490. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422947. ISSN 0301-4223.

[4] Jackson, Robert R. (2000-01-01). "Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 27 (1): 29–39. doi:10.1080/03014223.2000.9518206. ISSN 0301-4223.

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