Peacock Spider

named and described by Karsch 1878

Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei zoologici Berolinensis [Descriptions of several new salticids from Australia in the collection of the Berlin Museum]. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2 (1): 22-32.

first photographic account and description of the courtship display by Otto & Hill 2010

distribution: catalogue

more photographs: Flickr

video: YouTube , unedited

females

named and described by Karsch 1878

Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei zoologici Berolinensis [Descriptions of several new salticids from Australia in the collection of the Berlin Museum]. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2 (1): 22-32.

First photographic account including courtship display by Otto & Hill 2012

distribution: catalogue

video: unedited

more photographs: Flickr

females

Maratus astarte

Maratus candens

named and described by Simon 1909

Simon, E. 1909. Lief. 12. Araneae, 2me partie. In: Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwestaustralischen Forschungsreise 1905 herausgegeben von Prof. Sr. W. Michaelseon und Dr. R. Hartmeyer. Band II, Lieferung 9―13. Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena. 155―212.

redescribed by Waldock 2002

distribution: catalogue

more photographs: Flickr

video by Donna Sanders: Facebook

female

Maratus felinus

described and named in 2020 by Julianne Waldock in Records of the Western Australian Museum 35:1-9

distribution: catalogue

The female was first described and named by Keyserling 1882 under the name Cytaea grisea and the male a years later by the same author as Acmaea villosa. Subsequently it was referred to under several different names and was designated the type species of the genus Hypoblemum. In 2019 Jurgen Otto, Robert Whyte and David Hill revised the genus Hypoblemum and gave the first detailed account of this spider (see Peckhamia 180.1). In 2021 Madeline Girard and collaborators confirmed the close relationship between Hypoblemum and Maratus, a relationship that had been hypothesised before. Resulting from this analysis Jurgen Otto and David Hill transferred Hypoblemum griseum and the only other species in the genus, H. scutulatum into the genus Maratus (see Peckhamia 148.4)

distribution: catalogue

described and named by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2024) in Peckhamia 319.1

additional photographs: flickr

Maratus harveyi

Maratus kwenda

Maratus laurenae

discovered by James McMulkin

named and described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2024) in Peckhamia 318.1

additional photographs: flickr

videos: vimeo

Maratus manjimup

Maratus melindae melindae

Maratus michaelorum

discovered by Flynn Prall and James McMulkin.

Named and described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2024) in Peckhamia 318.1

additional photographs: flickr

videos: vimeo

Maratus nannup

Maratus nemo

named and described by Keyserling 1883

Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg, 1: 1421-1489.

distribution: catalogue

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videos: Vimeo

female

Maratus nubilis

Maratus occasus

Species p - z

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