Species Maratus pilosus (Keyserling, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Habrocestum pilosum Keyserling, E. 1882. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1325-1420. [1401, pl. 118 fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype MGH 7736 ♀, Bowen, Qld.

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas pilosus (Keyserling, 1882). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [457, figs 58-59]
• Maratus pilosus (Keyserling, 1882). —
  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, 100] (Interim placement in Maratus is the result of the synonymy of the genus to which they had been assigned, Lycidas, with Maratus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

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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