Species Maratus harrisi Otto & Hill, 2011

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• Maratus harrisi 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 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS 116980 male, Boroomba Rocks, Namadgi National Park, S of Canberra, ACT [35°33'43.8" S, 148°59'35.0"E].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

 

General References

Hoye, G. & McQuillan, P.B. 2014. Maratus harrisi (Araneae: Salticidae), a newly recorded peacock jumping spider for Tasmania. The Tasmanian Naturalist 136: 78-82

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

Waldock, J.M. 2015. A new species of peacock spider, Maratus proszynskii sp nov. (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), from Tasmania, with a review of Maratus in Tasmania, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 30: 144-150

 

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
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	06-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	07-May-2015	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
	Maratus Karsch, 1878	25-Mar-2014	ADDED