Coccorchestes
Encyclopedia
Coccorchestes is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in New Guinea
, with one species found in Australia
, and one in New Britain
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Almost all species occur in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
, with one species found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and one in New Britain
New Britain
New Britain, or Niu Briten, is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel...
.
Species
- Coccorchestes aiyura Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes biak Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes biroi Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes blendae Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes buszkoae Prószyński, 1971 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes clavifemur Balogh, 1979 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes fenicheli Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes ferreus Griswold, 1984 (Queensland)
- Coccorchestes fluviatilis Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes giluwe Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes gressitti Balogh, 1979 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes hamatus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes hastatus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes huon Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes ifar Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes ildikoae Balogh, 1979 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes inermis Balogh, 1980 (New Britain)
- Coccorchestes jahilnickii Prószyński, 1971 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes jimmi Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes kaindi Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes karimui Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes mcadami Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes missim Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes otto Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes piora Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes quinquespinosus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes rufipes Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes sinofi Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes sirunki Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes staregai Prószyński, 1971 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes suspectus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes szentivanyi Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes taeniatus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes tapini Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes triplex Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes vanapa Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes verticillatus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes vicinus Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes vogelkop Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)
- Coccorchestes waris Balogh, 1980 (New Guinea)