Species Maratus mungaich Waldock, 1995

Maratus mungaich Waldock, 1995

© Copyright Jurgen Otto, Sydney

Museums

Regional Maps

• Maratus mungaich Waldock, J.M. 1995. A new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 52: 165-169 [165].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM WAm93/1635 ♂, Mt Cooke, WA [32°25'S 116°18'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 14♂ 2♀.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, open forest, predator.

General References

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 [12]

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)

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

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