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Genus Maratus Karsch, 1878

 

Introduction

Zabka et al. (2017) list an unidentified species as occurring on 5 of Australia's off-shore islands.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Also New Zealand

Ubiquitous throughout Australia.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: New England Tablelands (NET), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Finke (FIN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP) ; WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

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 [502]

Girard, M,B., Elias, D.O., Azevedo, G., Bi, K., Kasumovic, M., Waldock, J.M., Rosenblum, E. B. &Hedin, M. 2021. Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae: Maratus, with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 471-494

Hill, D.E. 2022. Jumping spider scales. Peckhamia 279,1: 1-83

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

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. & Whyte, R. 2019. Australian jumping spiders of the genus Hypoblemum (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 180.1: 1-62

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

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 [22]

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2017. Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Sataus). Peckhamia 148.1: 1-24

Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/

Richardson, B.J., Żabka, M., Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707-719 (Gives BIOCLIM predicted distribution of the genus)

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

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

Wilts, B.D., Otto, J. & Stavenga, D.G. 2020. Ultra-dense, curved, grating optics determines peacock spider coloration. Nanoscale Advances 2: 1122-1127

Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418

Zabka, M., Patoleta, B. and Trebicki, L. 2019. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) inhabiting island off Australia re-visited. Austral Entomology 58: 382-386

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, W.P. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, divergence times and biogeography of spiders of the subfamily Euophryinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 81-92

Zhang, Junxia & Maddison, W.P. 2015. Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny. Zootaxa 3938: 1-147

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 11-Mar-2021 MODIFIED
30-Sep-2019 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 15-Aug-2019 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
29-Mar-2018 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 19-Mar-2018 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 15-Jul-2017 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
21-Sep-2016 Maratus Karsch, 1878 15-Sep-2016 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 02-Jun-2016 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 29-Sep-2015 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 29-Sep-2015 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
13-Nov-2014 Maratus Karsch, 1878 13-Nov-2014 REVIEWED Lyn Randall
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 21-May-2014 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Oct-2020 20-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 18-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)