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{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}<br />
{{Automatic taxobox<br />
| taxon = Cocalus<br />
| image = SGM05-3088_Cocalus_male.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Adult male ''Cocalus''<br />
| authority = [[Carl Ludwig Koch|C. L. Koch]], 1846<ref name=NMBE /><br />
| type_species = ''[[Cocalus concolor|C. concolor]]''<br />
| type_species_authority = C. L. Koch, 1846<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
| subdivision = 6, [[#Species|see text]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Cocalus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Salticidae|jumping spiders]] that was first described by [[Carl Ludwig Koch]] in 1846, and is named after [[Cocalus]], a [[Sicily|Sicilian]] king of Greek mythology.<ref name=Koch1846>{{cite book| last=Koch| first=C. L.| year=1846| title=Die Arachniden| author-link=Carl_Ludwig_Koch}}</ref><br />
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At least one species, ''Cocalus gibbosus'', does not adhere to [[spider silk]] and will sometimes invade the [[Spider web|webs]] of other [[Spider|spiders]] and stalk across the webs to feed on them,<ref name=":0" /> preferring spiders over insects in its diet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Robert R.|date=2000-01-01|title=Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|volume=27|issue=1|pages=29–39|doi=10.1080/03014223.2000.9518206|issn=0301-4223|doi-access=free}}</ref> However, unlike other araneophagic [[Jumping spider|jumping spiders]] like ''[[Portia (spider)|Portia]], Cocalus gibbosus'' does not pluck on the webs of other spiders.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Robert R.|date=1990-10-01|title=Predatory and nesting behaviour of Cocalus gibbosus, a spartaeine jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Queensland|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1990.10422947|journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology|volume=17|issue=4|pages=483–490|doi=10.1080/03014223.1990.10422947|issn=0301-4223}}</ref><br />
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==Species==<br />
{{as of|2019|06}} it contains six species, found only in Asia, [[Australia]], and [[Papua New Guinea]]:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Cocalus C. L. Koch, 1846| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-07-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2585| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref><br />
*''[[Cocalus concolor]]'' <small>C. L. Koch, 1846</small> ([[Type_species|type]]) – [[Indonesia]], New Guinea<br />
*''[[Cocalus gibbosus]]'' <small>Wanless, 1981</small> – [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]])<br />
*''[[Cocalus lacinia]]'' <small>Sudhin, Nafin, Sumesh & Sudhikumar, 2019</small> – [[India]]<br />
*''[[Cocalus limbatus]]'' <small>[[Tamerlan Thorell|Thorell]], 1878</small> – Indonesia<br />
*''[[Cocalus menglaensis]]'' <small>Cao & Li, 2016</small> – [[China]]<br />
*''[[Cocalus murinus]]'' <small>[[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1899</small> – India, Indonesia, Singapore ([[Sumatra]])<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Fauna of Queensland]]<br />
[[Category:Salticidae]]<br />
[[Category:Salticidae genera]]<br />
[[Category:Spiders of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Spiders of Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Spiders of Oceania]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch]]<br />
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