Species Maratus vespertilio (Simon, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Saitis vespertilio Simon, E. 1901. Etudes arachologiques. 31e Mémoire. L. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 70: 66-76 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂, Victoria (int.).

 

Generic Combinations

• Maratus vespertilio (Simon, 1901). —
  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

• Saitis vespertilis Simon, 1901 [misspelling]. —
  Dunn, R.A. 1947. A new salticid spider from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 15: 82-85

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exact locality in Victoria not known; Whitton, Old Junee and Nericon, NSW; southwestern WA, north to around Carnarvon

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter, predator.

 

General References

Harvey, M., Sampey, A., West, P.L.J. & Waldock, J.M. 2000. Araneomorph spiders from the southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: a consideration of regional biogeographic relationships. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 61: 295-321

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2011. Maratus vespertilio (Simon 1901) (Araneae: Salticidae) from southern Australia. Peckhamia 92.1: 1-6

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 [17]

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2012. Contests between male Maratus vespertilio (Simon 1901) (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 98.1: 1-17

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	22-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Oct-2020	Maratus Karsch, 1878	28-Mar-2014	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	Maratus Karsch, 1878	25-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)