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Cocalus
Cocalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846, and is named after Cocalus, a Sicilian king of Greek mythology.
At least one species, Cocalus gibbosus, does not adhere to spider silk and will sometimes invade the webs of other spiders and stalk across the webs to feed on them, preferring spiders over insects in its diet. However, unlike other araneophagic jumping spiders like Portia, Cocalus gibbosus does not pluck on the webs of other spiders.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cocalus murinus
speciesCocalus murinus
Cocalus concolor
speciesCocalus concolor
Cocalus lacinia
speciesCocalus lacinia
Cocalus gibbosus
speciesCocalus gibbosus
Cocalus limbatus
speciesCocalus limbatus
Cocalus menglaensis
speciesCocalus menglaensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 420310.