Cosmophasis micans
Species of spider
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Cosmophasis micans, or the peacock jumping spider, or the green ant-mimicking jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[1][2][3] It was first described as Amycus micans by L. Koch in 1880, and transferred to the genus Cosmophasis by Eugène Simon in 1901.[1] It is indigenous to northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands.[4]
| Cosmophasis micans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Cosmophasis |
| Species: | C. micans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmophasis micans (L.Koch, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amycus micans L. Koch, 1880 | |
