Cosmophasis baehrae

Cosmophasis baehrae is a species of jumping spider found in Australia and the Moluccas,^[1][2] and first described in 2012 by Marek Zabka and Julianne Waldock.^[3] It is named after entomologist Barbara Baehr.^[3][4]

Cosmophasis baehrae
Female Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Cosmophasis
Species:	C. baehrae
Binomial name
Cosmophasis baehrae Żabka & Waldock, 2012

Description

Cosmophasis baehrae has the inner two forward looking eyes greatly enlarged, typical of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Diagnostic for this species is a white bar on the carapace just behind the rearmost pair of eyes.^[4] The body length of the male is 7 mm (0.28 in) and female 5 mm (0.20 in).^[4]

Distribution

Cosmophasis baehrae has been found along northern coastal regions of Australia in Queensland and Western Australia.^[5] Outside Australia it has been found in the Moluccas in Indonesia.^[1][5]

Gallery

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  Female Cosmophasis baehrae front view
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  Male distinguished by the vertical white mark between the anterior median eyes