Allococalodes
Encyclopedia
Allococalodes is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spider
s). All described species are endemic
to New Guinea
.
allo "other" and the salticid genus Cocalodes
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spider
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
s). All described species are endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
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Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient GreekAncient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
allo "other" and the salticid genus Cocalodes
Cocalodes
Cocalodes is a genus of the spider family Salticidae .-Species:* Cocalodes cygnatus Wanless, 1982 — Indonesia* Cocalodes expers Wanless, 1982 — New Guinea* Cocalodes innotabilis Wanless, 1982 — New Guinea...
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Species
- Allococalodes alticeps Wanless, 1982
- Allococalodes cornutusAllococalodes cornutusAllococalodes cornutus is a jumping spider species in the gensus Allococalodes endemic to New Guinea....
Wanless, 1982 - Allococalodes madidus Maddison, 2009