Species Maratus volans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874)

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• Salticus volans Cambridge, O.P.- 1874. On some new genera and species of Araneida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 14: 169-183 [178, pl. 17, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 3 ♂, 'near Sydney' (Bradley).
• Maratus amoenus Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [28 (footnote)] [as 'Maratum amoenum'].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1554 ♂, 'Austral. sept. — Daemel signatum' i.e. north Australia.
• Maratus amoenus Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [479, fig. 67‒69] [junior homonym; primary junior homonym and an objective junior synonym of M. amoenus Karsch, as per Waldock, 1995: 169].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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

 

Generic Combinations

• Maratus volans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). —
  Żabka, M. 1991. Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110 [39]
• Saitis volans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). —
  Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, 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 [524, figs 15A, D, G]

Butler, L.S.G. 1933. The common and conspicuous spiders of Melbourne. Victorian Naturalist 49: 271-292

Davies, V.T. & Żabka, M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27: 189-266 [238] (description of female)

Girard, M.B., Elias, D.O. & Kasumovic, M.M. 2015. Female preference for multi-modal courtship: multiple signals are important for male mating success in peacock spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 282: 20152222

Girard, M.B., Kasumovic, M. & Elias, D.O. 2011. Multi-modal courtship in the peacock spider, Maratus volans (O.P.-Cambridge,1874). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 6: e25309

Girard, M.B., Kasumovic, M.M. & Elias, D.O. 2018. The role of red coloration and song in peacock spider courtship: insights into complex signaling systems. Behavioral Ecology 29(6): 1234-1244

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

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [28, pl. 25] (as Saitis volans)

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 [18]

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2014. Description of a new peacock spider from Cape Le Grand, Western Australia, with observations on display by males and females and comparative notes on the related Maratus volans (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus). Peckhamia 114.1: 1-38 [16] (First description of the female)

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2015. Maratus elephans, a new member of the volans group from New South Wales (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 123.1: 1-19

Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [559, 563, figs 677-679] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Saitis volans)

Waldock, J.M. 1995. A new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 52: 165-169

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	10-Mar-2021	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	27-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	Maratus Karsch, 1878	15-Sep-2016	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	02-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	23-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)