Species Maratus robinsoni Otto & Hill, 2012

• Maratus robinsoni 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 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA KS 119830 ♂, New South Wales, Newcastle, 15 OCT 2012, J. Otto and P. Robinson coll. [32° 59' 50.42" S 151° 42' 17.22" E].
  Paratype(s) AMSA KS 119831-2 2 ♂, Same as holotype; AMSA KS 119833-4 2 ♂, Same as holotype but collected on 22 OCT 2012, P. Robinson coll.; AMSA KS 119835 1 ♂, New South Wales, Pilliga (cemetery), 2 OCT 2012, J. Otto coll. [30° 21' 31.23" S 148° 53' 17.82" E]; AMSA KS.5873533 1 ♂, New South Wales, Munmorah State Recreation Reserve, NOV 1997, L. Wilkie coll. [33° 12' 46" S 151° 34' 57" E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

General References

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

Wilts, B.D., Otto, J. & Stavenga, D.G. 2020. Ultra-dense, curved, grating optics determines peacock spider coloration. Nanoscale Advances 2: 1122-1127

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