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]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Cosmophasis albipes | |
Description edit
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 edit
The type locality is from Macenta, French Guinea.[1][2]
Taxonomy edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ 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.