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 vespa
Otto & Hill 2016
Maratus vespa
Otto & Hill 2016b
;
Whyte & Anderson 2017
M. vespa
males have a remarkable pattern of fine lines on the fan that resembles the front of a wasp. The male moves his fan to one side, then to a vertical position as shown here, and then to the other side as a watching female turns to follow his movement.