Species Maratus karrie Waldock, 2013

Museums

Regional Maps

• Maratus karrie 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 [73].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T78898 ♂, WA, Mt Frankland N.P., Mt Roe, site 1, sandy track, 28 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey [34°42'21''S 116°48'02''E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T125616 1 ♀, Same as holotype.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Maratus sp. A [in part]. —
  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] (MCZ specimens collected by Darlington only)
  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 (MCZ specimens collected by Darlington only)
• Maratus sp. [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] (MCZ specimens collected by Darlington only)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

McCoy, D.E., McCoy, V,E, Mandsberg, N.K., Shneidman, A.V., Aizenberg, J. Prum, R.O. & Haig, D. 2019. Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 20190589

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)

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