New cocalodine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Cocalodinae)
Maddison, Wayne P.
Zootaxa
2009
2021
1
22
3RJW
1560421
Pocock
Pocock
[237,459,499,526]
Arachnida
Salticidae
Cocalodes
Animalia
Araneae
4
5
Arthropoda
genus
Natural history.In our recent field work three species were found. C. macellus( Figs 2–5) was found most commonly at 600 mbut as high as 1100 melevation near Wanakipa, Southern Highlands Province ( S 5.3 E 142.5). At 700 melevation in VarirataNational Park, Central Province ( S 9.44 E 147.36) were found C. longicornis( Figs 6–9), and C. expersWanless. Allwere found on large-leaved plants at rainforest edge or within the rainforest. C. macelluswas found on Pandanus, palms and native bamboos; C. experson Pandanusleaves within the forest. Shown in Figure 1are the species of Cocalodescollected at sites in Papua New Guinea; the Baitetaforest site was collected by canopy fogging by Olivier Missa in 1995.