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Genus: Cosmophasis Simon, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Cosmophasis rakata Żabka & Waldock, 2012

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044875

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Described:

Distribution: India (Andaman Is.), Indonesia (Krakatau)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Natural History Museum, Bern (NMBE) [= Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern], Switzerland f (AR 6811) - (Żabka & Waldock, 2012)
Paratype: Natural History Museum, Bern (NMBE) [= Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern], Switzerland 5m 6f (AR 6810-6819) - (Żabka & Waldock, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Cosmophasis rakata Żabka & Waldock, 2012: 134, f. 57A-H, 58A-D, 59A-H (Dmf) Original description

Cosmophasis rakata Prószyński, 2017b: 26, f. 11I (mf)

Cosmophasis rakata John & Caleb, 2026: 13, f. 1-17 (mf)

References

John, S. J. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2026). First report of Cosmophasis rakata (Araneae: Salticidae) from India with notes on myrmecophilic interactions. Entomological News 133(1): 12-18. doi: 10.3157/021.133.0103 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. & Waldock, J. (2012). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions. Genus Cosmophasis Simon, 1901. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62(1): 115-198. doi: 10.3161/000345412X633694 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-01-21	New taxonomic reference entry	John & Caleb, 2026
2026-01-21	Species distribution update	John & Caleb, 2026	Old value
2017-09-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b