Species Maratus sarahae Waldock, 2013

Museums

Regional Maps

• Maratus sarahae Waldock, J.M. 2013. A review of the peacock spiders of the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 66-81 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T125614 ♂, WA, Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range N.P., site 10, 12 November 2007, M.L. Moir [34°22'51''S 118°18'02''E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T125615 1 ♀, Same as holotype; WAM T99864 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, Same as holotype; WAM 93/1619-21 2 ♂ and 1 ♀, Same as holotype except 29 November 1988 [34°23'S 118°15'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Maratus sp. A [in part]. —
  Hill, D.E. & Otto, J.C. 2011. Visual display by male Maratus pavonis (Dunn 1947) and Maratus splendens (Rainbow 1896) (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 89.1: 1-41 [39-40] (photograph by Framenau 2007 only)
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2011. An illustrated review of the known peacock spiders of the genus Maratus from Australia, with description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 96.1: 1-27 [20] (all but MCZ specimens collected by Darlington)
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2012. Description of Darlington's Peacock Spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus species A) from the Stirling Range National Park of Western Australia. Peckhamia 101.1: 1-21 (all but MCZ specimens collected by Darlington)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

 

General References

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2014. Spiders of the mungaich group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus), with one new species from Cape Arid. Peckhamia 112.1: 1-35

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)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	06-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	07-May-2015	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	Maratus Karsch, 1878	02-Apr-2014	MODIFIED
	Maratus Karsch, 1878	01-Dec-2013	ADDED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)