Cosmophasis thalassina

A small tropical jumpng spider.
Some sites claim this is micans; http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:44a1bdeb-1766-417d-9989-3462332f46c7#gallery
Another says it is Cosmophasis thalassina and micans does not occur in Australia
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2143

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wow, what beautiful jumping spiders Australia has!
What is your gut feeling regarding the two sources you provide? Posted 9 years ago
1. Martin Lagerwey
  
  Lion
  
  I would follow http://www.arachne.org.au/ because I respect the authors.
  ALA will receive data from anyone. It is dangerous to guess because others might assume I have read the literature (as I have for beetles).
  
  The 10 000 target does not capture species identified only to genus.
  For invertebrates this would be considerable. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    If you're comfortable enough with the first source, feel free to move ahead with identification :) Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Martin Lagerwey
      
      Lion
      
      I've had a sneak preview of a book to be soon published and this ID "seems" clear to me. Posted 9 years ago

Albert Kang

Lion

Yes, there are many species of invertebrates that can be only identified to the genus level by looking at the pictures. Providing the location helps narrow down the ID based on their distributions.
Good to see members like Martin who spend time to thoroughly verify the ID :) Posted 9 years ago

The Cosmophasis thalassina

''Cosmophasis thalassina'' is a species of jumping spider found from Malaysia to Australia. It was probably dispersed to gardens and parks of Queensland by man.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Martin Lagerwey