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Maratus chrysomelas Simon 1909

Description

Maratus chrysomelas (Simon, 1909)

(FIGURES 1 B, E, H)

Habrocestum chrysomelas Simon, 1909: 201.

Lycidas chrysomelas: Żabka, 1987: 457, figs 19‒22; Waldock, 2002: 228, figs 1‒10.

Material examined. MALE (QM-S96329) from Australia, central Queensland, Emerald, 23°31’S, 148°09’E, L. Sanders, 26 Sep. 2015, hand coll.

Distribution. Previously known from Western Australia to New South Wales and Victoria (Otto & Hill, 2016a), now also recorded from central Queensland.

Notes

Published as part of Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, pp. 501-525 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on page 503, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/255783

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MALE
Event date
2015-09-26
Verbatim event date
2015-09-26
Scientific name authorship
Simon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Maratus
Species
chrysomelas
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Maratus chrysomelas Simon, 1909 sec. Baehr & Whyte, 2016

References

  • Simon, E. (1909) Araneae. 2 e partie. In: Michaelsen & Hartmeyer (Eds.), Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Jena 2 (13), 152 - 212.
  • Zabka, M. (1987) Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 40, 451 - 482.
  • Waldock, J. M. (2002) Redescription of Lycidas chrysomelas (Simon) (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, 21, 227 - 234.
  • Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2016 a) Maratus fimbriatus, a new peacock spider from the Darling Riverine Plains of New South Wales, with a review of the Maratus chrysomelas group (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia, 136 (1), 1 - 24.