Species Maratus speciosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874)

Maratus speciosus (O.P. -Cambridge, 1874)

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• Salticus speciosus Cambridge, O.P.- 1874. On some new genera and species of Araneida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 14: 169-183 [180, Pl. 17].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) "Swan River, New South Wales".

Generic Combinations

• Habrocestum speciosum (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). —
  Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1421-1489.
• Saitis speciosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). —
  Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [563]
• Maratus speciosus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). —
  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 [42]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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 [524]

Hill, D.E. 2009. Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneae: Salticiae: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitus). Peckhamia 74.1: 1-27

Hill, D.E. & Otto, J.C. 2014. Visual courtship display by the male Coastal Peacock Spider [Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus speciosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1874)]. Peckhamia 119.1: 1-18

Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1421-1489. [1468, pl. 123 fig. 8] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Habrocestum speciosum)

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. 2012. Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 103.1: 1-81

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2015. Adult display by a penultimate male Coastal Peacock Spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus speciosus). Peckhamia 122.1: 1–6

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