Species Maratus obscurior (Simon, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Saitis michaelseni obscurior Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [198].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH ♀, Stat. 109 Subiaco, WA; whereabouts unknown ♀, Stat. 123, Cannington, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas obscurior (Simon, 1909). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [467, figs 42-43]
• Maratus obscurior (Simon, 1909). —
  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

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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 generic placement)

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