Species Cosmophasis micarioides (L. Koch, 1880)
- Amycus micarioides Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1178, pl. 102 fig. 3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MGH 8346 ♂, Port Mackay; whereabouts unknown ♂ (Mr Bradley's Collection), Cape York.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Zabka et al. (2017) list this species as occurring on 5 of Australia's off-shore islands; also on Papua New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.
General References
Chrysanthus, P. 1968. Spiders from southern New Guinea X. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 111: 49-74 [67, figs 86-88]
Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364
Jackson, R.R. 1986. The display behaviour of Cosmophasis micaroides (L. Koch) (Araneae: Salticidae), a jumping spider from Queensland. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13: 1-12
Jackson, R.R. 1987. Comparative study of releaser pheromones associated with the silk of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 1-10
Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235
Żabka, M. & Waldock, J. 2012. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions. Genus Cosmophasis Simon, 1901. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(1): 115-198 [130]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | Cosmophasis Simon, 1901 | 28-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 18-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |