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Genus: Cocalodes Pocock, 1897 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Cocalodes macellus (Thorell, 1878)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032786

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Distribution: Indonesia (Ambon), Papua New Guinea

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

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Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Takács-Vágó, Szűts & Szabó, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Cocalus macellus Thorell, 1878b: 287 (Df) Original description

Cocalodes macellus Wanless, 1981c: 256 (T from Cocalus)

Cocalodes macellus Wanless, 1982: 275, f. 7A-I, 20A-B (f, Dm)

Cocalodes macellus Takács-Vágó, Szűts & Szabó, 2026: 366, f. 5C, 6C, 7C, 8B, F, 9B, F (m)

References

Takács-Vágó, H., Szűts, T. & Szabó, K. (2026). New data on jumping spiders of the subfamily Spartaeinae (Araneae, Salticidae) from New Guinea, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 1286: 355-372. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1286.172848 ZooBank: B14DAC33-B3AB-405B-AE34-E499C375C617 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1981c). A revision of the spider genus Cocalus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 41: 253-261. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1982). A revision of the spider genus Cocalodes with a description of a new related genus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 42(4): 263-298. -- 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	Comment
2026-08-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Takács-Vágó, Szűts & Szabó, 2026
2026-08-05	Type repository inserted	Takács-Vágó, Szűts & Szabó, 2026