Species Maratus anomaliformis (Zabka, 1987)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycidas anomaliformis Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [473] [nom. nov. for Lycidas nigriceps (Keyserling, 1882)].
• Habrocestum nigriceps Keyserling, E. 1882. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1325-1420. [1409, pl. 119 figs 4-6] [junior homonym of Lycidas (=Thorellia) nigriceps (Keyserling, 1882))].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1891/350 1♀ 1♂ (part of Keyserling collection), Rockhampton; whereabouts unknown (Museum Godeffroy), Sydney.

Generic Combinations

• Maratus anomaliformis (Zabka, 1987). —
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2016. Seven new peacock spiders from Western Australia and South Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus. Peckhamia 141.1: 1-101 [97, 99] (Interim placement in Maratus is the result of the synonymy of the genus to which they had been assigned, Lycidas, with Maratus >)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

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 (could not determine a generic placement for this species)

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