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
3732535
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Maratus tortus
Otto & Hill 2018
Maratus tortus
Otto & Hill 2018b
The courtship display of the
M. tortus
male is very unusual in that only one ornamented side of the fan is displayed to a female at a time, even when the fan is held at the center as shown here. Rotation of the fan, twisted (hence the name
tortus
) from one side to the other and then back again, is complicated but follows a regular pattern that is described in detail with the published description of this species.