''Cocalodes'' is a
genus of
jumping spiders
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...
that was first described by
Reginald Innes Pocock
Reginald Innes Pocock F.R.S. (4 March 1863 – 9 August 1947) was a British zoologist.
Pocock was born in Clifton, Bristol, the fourth son of Rev. Nicholas Pocock and Edith Prichard. He began showing interest in natural history at St. Edward ...
in 1897.
The name is an alteration of the salticid genus ''
Cocalus :'' Cocalus is also a genus of jumping spiders''.
In Greek mythology, Cocalus ( grc, Κώκαλος) was a king of Camicus ( grc, Κᾰμῑκός) in Sicily, according to Diodorus Siculus (book iv).
Myth
After the escape of Daedalus and his ...
''.
Species
it contains twelve species, found only in
Indonesia and
Papua New Guinea:
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Cocalodes cygnatus''
Wanless, 1982 –
Indonesia
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Cocalodes expers''
Wanless, 1982 – New Guinea
*''
Cocalodes innotabilis''
Wanless, 1982 – New Guinea
*''
Cocalodes leptopus''
Pocock, 1897 (
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) – Indonesia
*''
Cocalodes longicornis''
Wanless, 1982 – New Guinea
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Cocalodes longipes''
( Thorell, 1881) – Indonesia, New Guinea
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Cocalodes macellus''
(Thorell, 1878) – Indonesia, New Guinea
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Cocalodes papuanus''
Simon, 1900 – New Guinea
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Cocalodes platnicki''
Wanless, 1982 – New Guinea
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Cocalodes protervus''
(Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
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Cocalodes thoracicus''
Szombathy, 1915 – New Guinea
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Cocalodes turgidus''
Wanless, 1982 – New Guinea
References
Salticidae
Salticidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
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