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
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2019-09-20
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Saratus hesperus
Otto & Hill 2017
Saratus hesperus
Otto & Hill 2017a
;
Maratus
sp.
Whyte & Anderson 2017
Similar to other peacock spiders in many respects, the genitalia of
S. hesperus
males and females are quite different. Emergent instars are boldly spotted and the deep blue or purple of the fan is based on layering of the cuticle rather than scale structure. The species name,
hesperus
, is based on the Greek name for the Evening Star (
Eσπερος
).