Coccorchestes Explained

Coccorchestes is a genus of South Pacific jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.^[1]

Species

it contains forty species, almost all occurring in Papua New Guinea, with one species found in Australia and one in New Britain:^[2]

• Coccorchestes aiyura Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes biak Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes biroi Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes blendae Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes buszkoae Prószyński, 1971 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes clavifemur Balogh, 1979 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes fenicheli Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes ferreus Griswold, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
• Coccorchestes fluviatilis Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes giluwe Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes gressitti Balogh, 1979 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes hamatus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes hastatus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes huon Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes ifar Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes ildikoae Balogh, 1979 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes inermis Balogh, 1980 – Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
• Coccorchestes jahilnickii Prószyński, 1971 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes jimmi Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes kaindi Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes karimui Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes mcadami Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes missim Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes otto Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes piora Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes quinquespinosus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes rufipes Thorell, 1881 (type) – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes sinofi Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes sirunki Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes staregai Prószyński, 1971 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes suspectus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes szentivanyi Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes taeniatus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes tapini Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes triplex Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes vanapa Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes verticillatus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes vicinus Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes vogelkop Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea
• Coccorchestes waris Balogh, 1980 – New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 1–727. 17. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Gen. Coccorchestes Thorell, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.