Species Maratus pavonis (Dunn, 1947)

Maratus pavonis (Dunn, 1947) detail of opisthosoma

© Copyright Jurgen Otto, Sydney

Museums

Regional Maps

• Saitis pavonis Dunn, R.A. 1947. A new salticid spider from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 15: 82-85 [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV 6 ♂ (types also in Dunn and Hickman collections), Carnegie and Altona, Victoria.

Generic Combinations

• Maratus pavonis (Dunn, 1947). —
  Żabka, M. 1991. Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110 [39]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Maratus pavonis nornalup (Baehr & Whyte, 2016) [as Maratus pavonis (Dunn, 1947) var. nornalup. This name may represent a new species or subspecies of Mauratus pavonis found in the Nornalup Inlet, WA. Baehr & Whyte (2016) have dedicated a holotype to this name and lodged it in WAM with the accession number T136127.]. —
  Baehr, B.C. & Whyte, R. 2016. The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species. Zootaxa 4154: 501–525 [522–523, figs 15C, F, I, 16A‒I]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

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 [522–523, figs 15C, F, I, 16A‒I]

Hill, D.E. 2009. Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneae: Salticiae: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitus). Peckhamia 74.1: 1-27

Hill, D.E. & Otto, J.C. 2011. Visual display by male Maratus pavonis (Dunn 1947) and Maratus splendens (Rainbow 1896) (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 89.1: 1-41

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 [14]

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 (describe two 'varieties (m-signitis and brunneis, names without standing under the Code)

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2014. Peacock spiders of the pavonis group from southern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus). Peckhamia 117.1: 1-62 [46-50, figs 52-56]

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. 1993. Peacocks of the spider world. Australian Natural History 24: 10-11 (found in WA)

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