''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly

Southeast Asian Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

, while some species occur in Africa and

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. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorful speciesJerzy Proszynski
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/ref> that follow a different strategy. ''C. bitaeniata'' uses chemical mimicry to be accepted by the aggressive weaver ant species '' Oecophylla smaragdina''. One species, said to be not a particularly good ant mimic, was observed living near and preying on ants. According to (Murphy & Murphy, 2000), "to watch the spider stalking and killing its prey is an arachnological spectacular".

Description

Species in this genus are from 3.80 to 8.00 mm long. The

cephalothorax The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

es are pear-shaped(for some males) or rectangular.

Taxonomy

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * ''

Cosmophasis albipes ''Cosmophasis albipes'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus Cosmophasis.The type specimen of the species is a female, collected on 1 August in nowadays Guinea. Description The females' cephalothorax is light fawn,the cephalic part has a ...

'' Berland & Millot, 1941 –

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

* ''

Cosmophasis albomaculata ''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly Southeast Asian, while some species occur in Africa and Australia. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorful ...

'' Schenkel, 1944 – Timor * ''

Cosmophasis ambonensis ''Cosmophasis ambonensis'' is a species of jumping spider described in 2021. The male holotype (HC-AM1m) is missing the left pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a gr ...

'' Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 -

Ambon Island Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...

* ''

Cosmophasis arborea ''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly Southeast Asian, while some species occur in Africa and Australia. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorful ...

'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Islands * ''

Cosmophasis baehrae ''Cosmophasis baehrae'' is a species of jumping spider found in Australia. It is named after entomologist Barbara Baehr. Description ''Cosmophasis baehrae'' has the inner two forward looking eyes greatly enlarged, typical of the jumping spider ...

'' Zabka & Waldock, 2012 -

* ''

Cosmophasis bandaneira ''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly Southeast Asian, while some species occur in Africa and Australia. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorful ...

'' Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 - Banda Islands * ''

Cosmophasis banika ''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly Southeast Asian, while some species occur in Africa and Australia. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorful ...

'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 - Solomon Islands * '' Cosmophasis bitaeniata'' (

Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk: * Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist * Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist * Hermann ...

, 1882) – New Guinea,

, Micronesia * '' Cosmophasis chlorophthalma'' (Simon, 1898) – New Hebrides * '' Cosmophasis chopardi'' Berland & Millot, 1941 –

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

* '' Cosmophasis colemani'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Australia (Queensland) * '' Cosmophasis courti'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis cypria'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Java * '' Cosmophasis darwini'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Australia (Northern Territory) * '' Cosmophasis depilata'' Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia * '' Cosmophasis estrellaensis'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * '' Cosmophasis fazanica'' Caporiacco, 1936 – Libya * '' Cosmophasis gemmans'' (Thorell, 1890) –

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

* '' Cosmophasis harveyi'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis hortoni'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Solomon Is. * '' Cosmophasis humphreysi'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis kairiru'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis kohi'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * ''

Cosmophasis lami ''Cosmophasis lami'', also known as the Lami Beach northern jumping spider or tangerine garden jumper, is a species of jumping spider in the genus ''Cosmophasis'', probably Native species, native to South East Asia and some List of islands in the ...

'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 –

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

* '' Cosmophasis laticlavia'' (Thorell, 1892) – Sumatra * '' Cosmophasis lucidiventris'' Simon, 1910 – Gabon * '' Cosmophasis lungga'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Solomon Islands * '' Cosmophasis maculiventris'' Strand, 1911 – Aru Islands * '' Cosmophasis masarangi'' Merian, 1911 –

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

* '' Cosmophasis micans'' ( L. Koch, 1880) – Queensland * '' Cosmophasis micarioides'' (L. Koch, 1880) – New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Islands * '' Cosmophasis miniaceomicans'' (Simon, 1888) –

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...

* '' Cosmophasis modesta'' (L. Koch, 1880) – Queensland * '' Cosmophasis monacha'' (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis motmot'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis nigrocyanea'' (Simon, 1885) – Egypt, Ethiopia--> * '' Cosmophasis obscura'' (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland * '' Cosmophasis olorina'' (Simon, 1901) –

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* '' Cosmophasis ombria'' (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Krakatau) * '' Cosmophasis orsimoides'' Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands * '' Cosmophasis panjangensis'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Indonesia (Krakatau) * '' Cosmophasis parangpilota'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * '' Cosmophasis psittacina'' (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar * '' Cosmophasis pulchella'' Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia * '' Cosmophasis quadricincta'' (Simon, 1885) – Singapore * '' Cosmophasis rakata'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Indonesia (Krakatau) * '' Cosmophasis risbeci'' Berland, 1938 – New Hebrides * '' Cosmophasis sertungensis'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – Indonesia (Krakatau) * '' Cosmophasis squamata'' Kulczyński, 1910 – Solomon Islands, Seychelles * '' Cosmophasis strandi'' Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa * '' Cosmophasis tavurvur'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * ''

Cosmophasis thalassina ''Cosmophasis thalassina'' is a species of jumping spider found from Malaysia to Australia. It was probably dispersed to the gardens and the parks of Queensland by man. Description The carapace is covered with greenish-bronze and squamose copp ...

'' (

C. L. Koch Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...

, 1846) – Malaysia to Australia * '' Cosmophasis tricincta'' Simon, 1910 – Bioko * '' Cosmophasis trioipina'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * '' Cosmophasis tristriatus'' (L. Koch, 1880) – Palau Is. * '' Cosmophasis trobriand'' Żabka & Waldock, 2012 – New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis umbratica'' Simon, 1903 – India to Sumatra * '' Cosmophasis valerieae'' Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Is.) * '' Cosmophasis viridifasciata'' (

Doleschall Carl Ludwig Doleschall ( hu, Doleschall Lajos; sk, Karol Ľudovít Doležal; born 15 July 1827 – died 26 February 1859) was born in Vág-Újhely, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia), as the son of the theolo ...

, 1859) – Sumatra to New Guinea * '' Cosmophasis waeri'' Hurni-Cranston & Hill, 2020 - Banda Islands * '' Cosmophasis weyersi'' (Simon, 1899) – Sumatra *''

Cosmophasis xiaolonghaensis ''Cosmophasis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). They are predominantly Southeast Asian, while some species occur in Africa and Australia. Although most species more or less mimic ants, there are also colorfu ...

'' Cao & Li, 2016 In 2012, Marek Żabka and Julianne Waldock proposed 5 new species groups, it being the C.thalassina species group, C. bitaeniata species group, C. micarioides species group, C. tristriatus species group, and the C. rakata species group. Formerly placed in this genus include: * ''Cosmophasis australis'' Simon, 1902 → ''

Phintella australis ''Phintella'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by W. Bösenberg & Embrik Strand in 1906. Species it contains fifty-nine species and one subspecies, found in Oceania, Asia, Europe, and Africa: *''Phintella abnorm ...

'' * ''Cosmophasis caerulea'' Simon, 1901 → ''

Mexcala caerulea ''Mexcala'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl '' mezcal''. Species it contains twenty-one species, found only in Africa, Yemen, and I ...

'' * ''Cosmophasis fagei'' Lessert, 1925 → ''

Icius fagei ''Icius'' is a genus of jumping spiders described by Eugène Simon in 1876, belonging to the Order Araneae, Family Salticidae. Distribution ''Icius'' is an almost cosmopolitan genus, widespread in Europe (mainly in Belgium, Croatia, France ...

'' * ''Cosmophasis quadrimaculata'' Lawrence, 1942 → ''

Mexcala quadrimaculata ''Mexcala'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is probably derived from the Nahuatl '' mezcal''. Species it contains twenty-one species, found only in Africa, Yemen, and Iran ...

'' * ''

Cosmophasis longiventris ''Chrysilla lauta'' is the type species of the jumping spider genus '' Chrysilla''. It occurs in rain forestMurphy & Murphy 2000: 298 from Burma to China and Vietnam. Although known since 1887, it has only been described from male specimens.Platn ...

'' Simon, 1903 →

Chrysilla lauta ''Chrysilla lauta'' is the type species of the jumping spider genus ''Chrysilla''. It occurs in rain forestMurphy & Murphy 2000: 298 from Burma to China and Vietnam. Although known since 1887, it has only been described from male specimens. ...

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Photograph of ''Cosmophasis'' sp.

Photograph of ''C. rubra''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1033976 Salticidae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Salticidae

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