Genus Maratus Karsch, 1878
- Maratus Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [27].
Type species:
Maratus amabilis Karsch, 1878 by monotypy. - Lycidas Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [25].
Type species:
Lycidas anomalus Karsch, 1878 by monotypy. - Hypoblemum Peckham, G.W. & Peckham, E.G. 1886. Genera of the family Attidae: with a partial synonymy. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 6: 255-342 [271, 326] [nom. nov. for Drepanephora Keyserling, 1883].
- Acmaea Keyserling, E. 1882. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1325-1420. [1420] [junior homonym of Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1830 (Mollusca)].
Type species:
Acmaea villosa Kerserling, 1882 (Acmaea villosa is now a junior synonym of Hypoblemum griseum, see Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019) by monotypy. - Drepanephora Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1421-1489. [1477] [nom. nov. for Acmaea Keyserling, 1882; junior homonym of Drepanephora Loew, 1869 (Diptera)].
- Drepanophora Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [567] [lapsus pro Drepanephora; junior homonym of Drepanophora Strobl, 1880 (Diptera)].
- Saratus Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2017. Five new peacock spiders from eastern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euphryini:Maratus Karsch, 1878 and Saratus, new genus). Peckhamia 147(1): 1-86 [70].
Type species:
Saratus hesperus Otto & Hill, 2017 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [23]
- Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2021. Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, version 4. Peckhamia 148.4: 1-35 (Transfers Hypoblemum and Saratus to Maratus)
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
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
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
| 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) |