Species Maratus expolitus Prasad, 2022

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• Maratus expolitus Prasad, M. 2022. Maratus expolitus: a new widespread peacock spider from Australia’s east coast (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 267.1: 1-7 [2-7].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:002F1CE4-5122-413C-9BD3-8121E982E615

  Type data:

   Holotype AMS KS 131127 ♂, Tanilba Bay, Tilligery Habitat, New South Wales [32.73°S, 152.00°E].
  Paratype(s) AM KS. 131134 1 ♂, New South Wales, Mangrove Mountain [33.336417°S, 151.189806°E]; AM KS 131128 - 131133 7 ♀, 5 ♂, same data as Holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

History of changes