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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3
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journal article
23262
10.5281/zenodo.3732535
51dd01d2-0bb5-4a5b-8713-0b6f1d4cc621
1944-8120
3732535
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19E32A8E-798B-49AE-BE73-168B57D2D44E
Maratus aquilus
Schubert 2019
Maratus aquilus
Schubert 2019a
The species name
aquilus
is a reference to the fact that, when viewed upside-down, the fan of the male resembles the head of an eagle with its beak wide open. In one mode of display males tightly bracket the small "beak" on the fan between their extended legs III, and attending females look at this closely.