Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 3
Author
Otto, Jürgen C.
19 Grevillea Avenue, St. Ives, New South Wales 2075, Australia
jurgenotto8@gmail.com
Author
Hill, David E.
213 Wild Horse Creek Drive, Simpsonville, SC 29680 - 6513, USA,
platycryptus@yahoo.com
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Peckhamia
2019
2019-09-20
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.3732535
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1944-8120
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Maratus nimbus
Otto & Hill 2017
Maratus nimbus
Otto & Hill 2017c
;
Maratus
sp.
Whyte & Anderson 2017
The fan of
M. nimbus
males has a distinctive pattern of scales and setae on the fan, mostly in subdued hues. This resembles a pastel painting of the sky at dawn with white cirrus clouds against a sky of iridescent blue scales, hence the species name
nimbus
. The eliptical fan has no flaps and when it is fully expanded as shown here it is surrounded by an array of large bristle-like setae. These have been found under
Iris
in a well-watered garden at Bordertown, but also in the dry interior.