Cosmophasis squamata

Cosmophasis squamata is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae, native to the Solomon Islands and Seychelles .^[1] It was described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1910.^[2][3]

Cosmophasis squamata
Female from Banda, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Cosmophasis
Species:	C. squamata
Binomial name
Cosmophasis squamata Kulczynski, 1910

Description

The holotype of this species is a female and the mature male is undescribed, although a premature male has been spotted. It is possible that Cosmophasis bandaneira might be the male.^[4]