Species Maratus amabilis Karsch, 1878

Maratus amabilis Karsch, 187

© Copyright Jurgen Otto, Sydney

Maratus amabilis Karsch, 1878 detail of opisthosoma

© Copyright Jurgen Otto, Sydney

Museums

Regional Maps

• Maratus amabilis Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1553 ♂, 'Austral. sept. — Daemel signatum', i.e. north Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D.E. 2010. Observations of courtship display by a male Maratus amabilis Karsch 1878 (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 79.1: 1-16

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 [1]

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