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<mods:title>Maratus nemo: A new wetland species of peacock spider from South Australia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini)</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>Entomology / Arachnology, Museums Victoria, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia & Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/62D4C102-1CB9-4F5A-A056-2CCD5FB1B466" authority="Schubert, 2021" authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo" status="sp. nov.">Maratus nemo</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="71">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Preserved paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1 mm for whole specimen, 0.2 mm for epigyne)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 5</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Variation in preserved holotype (SAM-NN 30706) and paratype (paratypes: SAM NN 30707 - 30709) male Maratus nemo sp. nov. specimens: A paratype male (SAM NN 30709) B paratype male (SAM NN 30707) C paratype male (SAM NN 30708) D holotype male (SAM-NN 30706). Scale bars: 1 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524187" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitat of Maratus nemo sp. nov. in the vicinity of Mount McIntyre, South Australia. (Photos provided by Sheryl Holliday, used with permission) A ephemeral wetland complex habitat at the type locality B marshy vegetation from the type locality C Maratus nemo sp. nov. male in situ D Maratus nemo sp. nov. female in situ." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524188" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">, 8</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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male
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(SAM NN30706) from
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<collectingCountry name="Australia">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="South Australia">South Australia</collectingRegion>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:77E99D858ECF521BBD0BE62F105E6A9B:8FB9F1245A6A861AFAAFAB7CFE7E7C04" country="Australia" latitude="-37.606228" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.55443" name="Mount Burr Swamp" stateProvince="South Australia">Mount Burr Swamp</location>
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,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" unit="km" value="9.5">9.5km</quantity>
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SSE of Mount McIntyre
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<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="south" minutes="36" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="22.43" value="-37.606228">37°36'22.43"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="140" direction="east" minutes="33" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="15.92" value="140.55443">140°33'15.92"E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<collectingDate value="2020-11-02">2 Nov 2020</collectingDate>
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, hand collected,
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<collectorName>S. Holliday.</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3060669303" collectingDate="2020-11-02" collectorName="S. Holliday" country="Australia" latitude="-37.60553" location="Mount Burr Swamp" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.55496" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="South Australia" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<typeStatus>Paratype</typeStatus>
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male
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</emphasis>
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(SAM NN30707) from
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<collectingCountry name="Australia">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="South Australia">South Australia</collectingRegion>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:77E99D858ECF521BBD0BE62F105E6A9B:98E9B78C1C18AC953511618081423F5A" country="Australia" latitude="-37.60553" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.55496" name="Mount Burr Swamp" stateProvince="South Australia">Mount Burr Swamp</location>
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,
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SSE of Mount McIntyre
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<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="south" minutes="36" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="19.91" value="-37.60553">37°36'19.91"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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,
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<collectingDate value="2020-11-02">2 Nov 2020</collectingDate>
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, hand collected,
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<collectorName>S. Holliday</collectorName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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Two
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<typeStatus>paratype</typeStatus>
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males
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</emphasis>
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(SAM NN30708, NN30709),
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">one
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3060669301" collectingDate="2020-11-02" collectorName="S. Holliday" county="Topperwein Native Forest Reserve" latitude="-37.53946" location="Edge of South Australian" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.97314" municipality="Victorian Border" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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<typeStatus>paratype</typeStatus>
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female (SAM NN30710)
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:77E99D858ECF521BBD0BE62F105E6A9B:9F5F700615C11F4DCAF0FBFE82B15312" county="Topperwein Native Forest Reserve" latitude="-37.53946" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.97314" municipality="Victorian Border" name="Edge of South Australian">Edge of South Australian</location>
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and
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<collectingMunicipality>Victorian Border</collectingMunicipality>
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near
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<collectingCounty>Topperwein Native Forest Reserve</collectingCounty>
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,
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<locationDeviation location="Nangwarry">
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<quantity metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.41" unit="km" value="14.1">14.1 km</quantity>
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E of Nangwarry
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</locationDeviation>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="37" direction="south" minutes="32" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="22.05" value="-37.53946">37°32'22.05"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="140" direction="east" minutes="58" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="23.34" value="140.97314">140°58'23.34"E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<collectingDate value="2020-11-02">2 Nov 2020</collectingDate>
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, hand collected,
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<collectorName>S. Holliday</collectorName>
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</materialsCitation>
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</emphasis>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
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The specific epithet refers to the colouration of the male of this species which resembles that of the character Nemo in the 2003 Walt Disney film 'Finding
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Nemo’">Nemo'</normalizedToken>
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- to be treated as a noun in apposition.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
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share some similarities to members of the Western Australian
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus personatus</emphasis>
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group (
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<bibRefCitation author="Otto, JC" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" refId="B10" refString="Otto, JC, Hill, DE, 2019. Maratus banyowla, a new peacock spider in the personatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 195: 1-23." title="Maratus banyowla, a new peacock spider in the personatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 195: 1 - 23." year="2019">Otto and Hill 2019</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Otto, JC" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" refId="B11" refString="Otto, JC, Hill, DE, 2021. Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Version 4. Peckhamia 148(4): 1-23." title="Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Version 4. Peckhamia 148 (4): 1 - 23." year="2021">Otto and Hill 2021</bibRefCitation>
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) in having the anterior ocular area ornamented with coloured scales, so as to form a
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘mask’">'mask'</normalizedToken>
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, and in lacking opisthosomal colouration or flaps. It is thus tentatively placed in this species group (see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa165" author="Girard, MB" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" refId="B3" refString="Girard, MB, Elias, DO, Azevedo, G, Bi, K, Kasumovic, MM, Waldock, JM, Hedin, M, 2021. Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae: Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132(3): 471-494. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa165" title="Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae: Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132 (3): 471 - 494." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa165" year="2021">Girard et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Otto, JC" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" refId="B11" refString="Otto, JC, Hill, DE, 2021. Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Version 4. Peckhamia 148(4): 1-23." title="Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Version 4. Peckhamia 148 (4): 1 - 23." year="2021">Otto and Hill 2021</bibRefCitation>
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; and
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.1" author="Schubert, J" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" refId="B13" refString="Schubert, J, 2020. Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878). Zootaxa 4758 (1): 1-44. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.1" title="Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878). Zootaxa 4758 (1): 1 - 44." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.1" year="2020">Schubert 2020</bibRefCitation>
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about the tentative nature of subgeneric clades within
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, however, can be readily separated from members of this species group and all other congeners by the following combination of characters: bright orange field of scales covering the clypeus and anterior ocular region (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2A-D</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">6A-D</figureCitation>
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) light covering of fine white setae on the carapace, legs, and mostly glabrous dorsal opisthosomal plate (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2A-D</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">6A-D</figureCitation>
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); relatively compact embolic disc by which the inner and outer rings of the embolus are in close contact or fused to form a single heavy apex (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">3A-C</figureCitation>
|
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); dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus; distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">3A</figureCitation>
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). Females of
|
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<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. nemo" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">M. nemo</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
are similar to other
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1878" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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females and identification may not be possible without association with a male.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 1.</emphasis>
|
||
Habitus of living paratype male
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30709)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
anterolateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
anterior view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">E</emphasis>
|
||
anterolateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">F</emphasis>
|
||
anterior view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 2.</emphasis>
|
||
Preserved holotype
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30706)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
anterior view. Scale bars: 1mm).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Description.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Male (Holotype)</emphasis>
|
||
: Carapace dark brown, almost black with light covering of white setae; more densely covered at lateral and posterior slopes (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Ocular quadrangle region covered thickly in bright orange scales and interrupted by two tracts of white scales behind each AME (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2A-D</figureCitation>
|
||
). Thin marginal band of white setae present at rim of carapace (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
PME closer to PLE than to ALE. Surface surrounding AME and ALE and clypeus thickly covered with short, bright orange scales (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Chelicerae dark brown and glabrous. Coxae and endites pale, labium dark brown and glabrous. Sternum dark brown with light covering of fine, white setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Dorsal opisthosoma dark brown and indistinctly marked with light covering of white scales. Border of dorsal opisthosoma more thickly covered with white scales (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Colular tuft of white setae situated above black spinnerets (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitat of Maratus nemo sp. nov. in the vicinity of Mount McIntyre, South Australia. (Photos provided by Sheryl Holliday, used with permission) A ephemeral wetland complex habitat at the type locality B marshy vegetation from the type locality C Maratus nemo sp. nov. male in situ D Maratus nemo sp. nov. female in situ." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524188" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">8C</figureCitation>
|
||
, worn in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
. See variation section). Ventral opisthosoma dark brown and scattered with short, white setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Opisthosoma lacking any form of opisthosomal flaps.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Legs I and II subequal in length, legs III and IV longer, legs III longest. Integument of each leg dark brown with alternating rings of pale, yellowish cuticle; more prominently so on tarsal and metatarsal surfaces and coxae. Each leg with an incomplete cover of white setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Dorsal pedipalp distinctly ornamented with prominent fringes of long white setae proximal to cymbium, bright orange setae on cymbium, and grey setae distally (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of living paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A anterolateral view B lateral view C dorsal view D anterior view E anterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524181" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">1A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D anterior view. Scale bars: 1 mm)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524182" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">2C, D</figureCitation>
|
||
.). Relatively large male palpal bulb with retrolateral sperm duct loop, large retrobasal tegular lobe, finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis with light dentition (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">3A-C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Relatively compact embolic disc of left pedipalp coiled anticlockwise, apices of inner and outer rings of embolus in close contact or fused to form a single heavy apex; distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">3A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Heavily sclerotized cuticle on tegulum prolaterally below embolic disc (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Preserved holotype Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30706): left pedipalp structure A prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus B ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe C retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">3A-C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524183" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Preserved holotype
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30706): left pedipalp structure
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
prolateral view showing dark lateral sclerite proximal to the embolus and distinct thick extension or flange along the proximal arc of embolus
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view showing embolic disc and tegular lobe
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
retrolateral view showing finger-like retrolateral tibial apophysis and retrolateral sperm duct loop. Scale bars 0.2mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Female</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Paratype)</emphasis>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
: Ocular quadrangle region dark brown with light cover of light brown and off-white setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
); rear slope of carapace with thicker covering (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A, B, D, E</figureCitation>
|
||
). Lateral slopes of carapace light brown and glabrous (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A, D</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Habitus of living paratype female
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30710)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
dorsolateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
anterolateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">E</emphasis>
|
||
posterolateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">F</emphasis>
|
||
anterior view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Anterior eyes ringed with white and red-brown scales. Long white setae project downwards from below AME forming triangular shape (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A-D, F</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Preserved paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1 mm for whole specimen, 0.2 mm for epigyne)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">5A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Clypeus lightly covered with short, white setae. Chelicerae dark brown and glabrous. Coxae pale, endites and labium dark brown, translucent and mostly glabrous. Sternum dark brown with light covering of fine, white setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Preserved paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1 mm for whole specimen, 0.2 mm for epigyne)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">5C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 5.</emphasis>
|
||
Preserved paratype female
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30710)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1mm for whole specimen, 0.2mm for epigyne).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Dorsal opisthosoma dark brown with incomplete cover of off-white and dark brown setae, otherwise mostly glabrous (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Colular tuft of white setae situated above spinnerets (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A, E</figureCitation>
|
||
). Lateral and ventral opisthosoma light brown and marked irregularly with dark spots (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Preserved paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1 mm for whole specimen, 0.2 mm for epigyne)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">5B, C</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Legs I and II subequal in length, legs III and IV longer, legs III longest. Each leg with incomplete cover of off-white and brown setae, integument below light brown and translucent (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Habitus of living paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsolateral view B dorsal view C anterolateral view D lateral view E posterolateral view F anterior view." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524184" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">4A-F</figureCitation>
|
||
). Pedipalps light brown and translucent with incomplete cover of white setae. Epigynum with pair of large ovate fossae separated by septum. Ovate posterior spermatheca behind each fossa. Sclerotized ducts present anterior to each spermatheca (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Preserved paratype female Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30710) A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view D ventral view of epigyne. Scale bars: 1 mm for whole specimen, 0.2 mm for epigyne)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524185" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">5D</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="variation">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Variation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Between paratype males and the holotype male, the coverings of white scales on the dorsal opisthosoma and carapace and the colular tuft are more or less distinct, likely due to scales rubbing off. The width and colour of orange tracts of scales marking the ocular quadrangle also slightly vary (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Variation in preserved holotype (SAM-NN 30706) and paratype (paratypes: SAM NN 30707 - 30709) male Maratus nemo sp. nov. specimens: A paratype male (SAM NN 30709) B paratype male (SAM NN 30707) C paratype male (SAM NN 30708) D holotype male (SAM-NN 30706). Scale bars: 1 mm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524187" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">7A-D</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Dimensions.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Males.</emphasis>
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Total length: 4.10-4.25 (4.17
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
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0.06, n=4). Carapace length 2.02-2.35 (2.18
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
||
0.12, n=4). Opisthosoma length 1.87-2.17 (1.99
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
|
||
0.12, n=4).
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Female.</emphasis>
|
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Total length: 5.12. Carapace length: 2.39. Opisthosoma length: 2.73.
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||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="courtship display">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Courtship display.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
The male elevates a single leg III, slowly waving it in a partially flexed position (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">6B, C</figureCitation>
|
||
). As the female approaches, the male raises and more rapidly waves both legs III (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">6D</figureCitation>
|
||
). The opisthosoma is rapidly bobbed upwards and downwards but not completely elevated. The rapid opisthosomal bobbing created audible vibrations on the surface of the leaf shown in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male Maratus nemo sp. nov. (SAM NN 30709) A stationary male focusing on a nearby female B left leg III extended and waved C left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing D both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">6D</figureCitation>
|
||
. Only partial courtship display observed in an artificial environment, in the wild males may exhibit a more complete courtship display with multiple modes of courtship.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524186" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Sequential frames from a video of the courtship display of paratype male
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (SAM NN30709)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
stationary male focusing on a nearby female
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
left leg III extended and waved
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
left leg III extended and flexed and slow opisthosomal bobbing
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
both legs III extended and waved and opisthosoma is rapidly vibrated on the surface of the leaf creating an audible sound.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524187" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 7.</emphasis>
|
||
Variation in preserved holotype (SAM-NN30706) and paratype (paratypes: SAM NN30707-30709) male
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. specimens:
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
paratype male (SAM NN30709)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
paratype male (SAM NN30707)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
paratype male (SAM NN30708)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
holotype male (SAM-NN30706). Scale bars: 1mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="71" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
Known only from 9.5 km SSE of Mount McIntyre, 9.4km SSE of Mount McIntyre, and 14.1km E of Nangwarry (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Localities Maratus nemo sp. nov. is known from in Southern Australia (9.5 km SSE of Mount McIntyre, 9.4 km SSE of Mount McIntyre, and 14.1 km E of Nangwarry)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524189" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">9</figureCitation>
|
||
). Curiously,
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="M." lsidName="M. nemo" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">M. nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was found in an ephemeral wetland complex on marshy vegetation in shallow water (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitat of Maratus nemo sp. nov. in the vicinity of Mount McIntyre, South Australia. (Photos provided by Sheryl Holliday, used with permission) A ephemeral wetland complex habitat at the type locality B marshy vegetation from the type locality C Maratus nemo sp. nov. male in situ D Maratus nemo sp. nov. female in situ." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524188" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">8</figureCitation>
|
||
). No other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1878" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are known to occupy such habitats.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524188" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
||
Habitat of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. in the vicinity of Mount McIntyre, South Australia. (Photos provided by Sheryl Holliday, used with permission)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">A</emphasis>
|
||
ephemeral wetland complex habitat at the type locality
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">B</emphasis>
|
||
marshy vegetation from the type locality
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">C</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. male
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">D</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. female
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">in situ</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/524189" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" start="Figure 9" startId="F9">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="71">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Figure 9.</emphasis>
|
||
Localities
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Schubert" authorityYear="2021" class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Maratus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Maratus nemo" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nemo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="71">Maratus nemo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. is known from in Southern Australia (9.5km SSE of Mount McIntyre, 9.4km SSE of Mount McIntyre, and 14.1km E of Nangwarry).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</subSection>
|
||
</document> |