Maratus calcitrans, Otto & Hill, 2012

Otto, Jürgen C. & Hill, David E., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders, Peckhamia 148 (4), pp. 1-35 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7171422

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scientific name

Maratus calcitrans
status

 

The calcitrans View in CoL group

This group is widely distributed in eastern Australia with many colourful species, yet it was only recently discovered. Davies and Żabka (1989) figured a male M. ottoi from the vicinity of Brisbane, but did not give it a name. Males inflate their spinnerets as they display to females. All members of the group have an asymmetric display in which they alternately extend or kick one leg III to one side, then the other leg III to the other side.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Maratus

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