The Maratus chrysomelas group

(FIGURES 1 A, B, D, E, G, H)

Otto & Hill (2016a) described the Maratus chrysomelas group ( M. chrysomelas and M. nigromaculatus) as having a wide fringe at the sides of the opisthosoma and similar courtship displays. We find also this group contains species which have an embolic disc with a wide rim covered with frontal ridges and a flat retrolateral groove (Fig. 1 G); the embolus opening is at the tip of the embolus (Figs 1 D, E); and there is no lateral process of the embolic disc (Fig. 1 G).

Species: Maratus chrysomelas from Western Australia to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, Maratus nigromaculatus (Keyserling, 1883) plus the new species Maratus kiwirrkurra from the Gibson Desert.