Cosmophasis albipes is a species of jumping spider in the genus Cosmophasis.[1] The type specimen of the species is a female, collected on 1 August in nowadays Guinea.[2]

Cosmophasis albipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Cosmophasis
Species:
C. albipes
Binomial name
Cosmophasis albipes
Berland & Millot, 1941

Description

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The females' cephalothorax is light fawn, the cephalic part has a large black spot that covers the posterior eyes, arching before the dimple, the thoracic part having a blackish oblique zone. Chelicerae are brown, darker than cephalothorax, mouthparts are very fawn, and abdomen is whitish, with four white-speckled blackish lines, the first pair going to the middle, the last touching the spinnerets, and black hairs. Both the underside and spinnerets are white.[2]

Distribution

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The type locality is from Macenta, French Guinea.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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It is assigned to the genus Cosmophasis due to having lateral spines on the anterior metatarsals. It is closely related with the genus Telamonia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  2. ^ a b c d Berland, Lucien; Millot, Jacques (1941). "Les Araignees de l'Afrique l'Occidentale Francaise. I. Salticidae". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 12: 297–423.