Species Maratus michaelseni (Simon, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Saitis michaelseni Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [197].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 19378 ♀, Boyanup, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas michaelseni (Simon, 1909). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [462, figs 28-29]
• Maratus michaelseni (Simon, 1909). —
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2016. Seven new peacock spiders from Western Australia and South Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus. Peckhamia 141.1: 1-101 [97, 99] (Interim placement in Maratus is the result of the synonymy of the genus to which they had been assigned, Lycidas, with Maratus)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

Davies, V.T. & Żabka, M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27: 189-266 (consider this species misplaced in Lycidas)

Gwynne, D.T., Yeoh, P. & Schatral, A. 1988. The singing insects of King's Park and Perth Gardens. Western Australian Naturalist 17: 25-71

Gwynne, D.T. & Dadour, I.R. 1985. A new mechanism of sound production by courting male jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae, Saitis michaelseni Simon). Journal of Zoology, London 207A: 35-42

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 (could not determine generic placement)

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