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 text Peckhamia 2019 2019-09-20 148 3 1 28 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 The mungaich group This large group, endemic to the southern part of Western Australia, includes species with very wide, brightly-coloured fans covered with a pattern of bright red scales on a background of iridescent scales. All males in the group extend legs III, but several ( M. avibus , M. bubo , M. caeruleus , and M. madelineae ) closely bracket the fan with legs III as they display. In all species the expanded fan figures most prominently in courtship display, characterized by side to side rotation of the fan with legs III held in place. We recognize four distinct clades within this group: 1) M. bubo with a unique owl-like figure and bright orange lateral margins on the fan, 2) M. avibus + M. caeruleus + M. madelineae with a large unmarked area of iridescent scales toward the front of the fan, 3) M. karrie and M. sarahae with a wide central black patch and large black spots on the flaps and 4) M. gemmifer + M. hortorum + M. melindae + M. mungaich with a narrower central black patch and (if present) a small black or iridescent blue-white spot at the center of each flap.