Species Maratus chrysomelas (Simon, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Habrocestum chrysomelas Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 18603 ♂, Station 99, Lion Mill, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas chrysomelas (Simon, 1909). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [457, figs 19-22]
• Maratus chrysomelas (Simon, 1909). —
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2012. Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 103.1: 1-81 [32]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

Baehr, B.C. & Whyte, R. 2016. The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species. Zootaxa 4154: 501–525 [503, figs 1B, E, H]

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2016. Maratus fimbriatus, a new peacock spider from the Darling Riverine Plains on New South Wales, with a review of the Maratus chrysomelas group (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 136.1: 1-24 (Describes display)

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2017. Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Sataus). Peckhamia 148.1: 1-24 (includes a photo, distribution and diagnostic characteristics)

Waldock, J. M. 2002. Redescription of Lycidas chrysomelas (Simon) (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 227-234 [227, fig. 9]

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