O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874c : 178 Karsch, 1878d : 28 Simon 1901 : 559 Butler 1933 : 291 Prószyński 1984 : 126 Żabka, 1987 : 479 M. amoenus Karsch Żabka 1991 : 39 Saitis Otto & Hill 2014a : 16 Zhang & Maddison, 2015 : 77 The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species Baehr, Barbara C. Whyte, Robert Zootaxa 2016 4154 5 501 525 6R68M O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 O. Pickard-Cambridge 1874 [151,727,914,940] Arachnida Salticidae Maratus Animalia Araneae 23 524 Arthropoda species volans     Salticus volans  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874c: 178, pl. 17, fig. 4    Maratus amoenus  Karsch, 1878d: 28.    Saitis volans:  Simon 1901: 559, 563, figs 677‒679;  Butler 1933: 291, pl. 17, fig. 6;  Prószyński 1984: 126(m).    Maratus amoenus  Żabka, 1987: 479, fig. 67‒69 (Dm; N.B.: a primary junior homonym and an objective junior synonym of  M. amoenusKarsch, as per Waldock, 1995: 169).    Maratus volans:  Żabka 1991: 39(Tm from  Saitis, S);  Otto & Hill 2014a: 16, figs 8, 9.3‒4, 16‒21, 25, 29, 32, 36, 41;  Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 77, figs 485‒490.     Materialexamined. AUSTRALIA: 8 males(QM-S44771), south-east Queensland, Binjour Plateau, Swains Road, vine scrub, 25°32’S, 151°30’E,  340 m,  23 Sep.‒21 Dec. 1997, Monteith, Cook, intercept trap; 7 males (QM- S44428), same as previous; 1 male (QM-S60108), same as previous, 20‒26 Apr. 1998;  1 male(QM-S31979), south-east Queensland, Jack Smith E.P.on Boat Mountain, vine scrub, 26°08’S, 151°58’E,  340 m,  15 Dec. 1994‒ 26 Jan. 1995, G. Monteith, intercept trap;  12 males(QM-S59966), south-east Queensland, Hurdle Gully  10.8 kmWSW Monto, vine scrub, 24°54’S, 151°01’E,  320 m,  23 Sep.‒20 Dec. 1997, Monteith, Cook, intercept trap;  1 male(QM-S31690), south-east Queensland, Hurdle Gully,  13 kmWSW Monto, vine scrub, 24°54’S, 151°01’E,  350m,  23 Sep.‒20 Dec. 1997, Monteith, Cook, intercept trap;  2 males(QM-S33357), south-east Queensland, Nangur State Forest 26°08’S, 151°58’E,  320 m, 24 Oct.‒  24 Nov. 1995, G. Monteith, intercept trap; 1 male (QM- S49213), same as previous, 29 Jul.‒23 Oct. 1995;  1 male(QM-S73640), south-east Queensland, Perrys Knob, vine scrub, 27°36’S, 152°36’E,  200 m,  11 Nov. 1998‒ 13 Jan. 1999, Monteith, Cook, Thompson, intercept trap;  1 male(QM-S54112), NEQ, High Falls, 16°24’S, 145°18’E,  500 m,  25 Jan.‒12 Feb. 1996, R. Werz, pitfall traps.   Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria.  Dance:You tube Peacock Spider 1(  Maratus volans) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GgAbyYDFeg). 1292014703 1997-09-23 1997-12-21 1997-09-23 Monteith & Cook Australia Material 340 -25.533333 Swains Road 1246 151.5 Binjour Plateau 23 524 8 8 Queensland 1292014718 1994-12-15 Jack Smith E. P. Australia 340 -26.133333 Boat Mountain 1243 151.96666 23 524 1 1 Queensland 1292014717 1997-09-23 1997-12-20 1997-09-23 Monteith & Cook Australia 320 -24.9 Hurdle Gully 1249 151.01666 23 524 12 12 Queensland 1292014702 1997-09-23 1997-12-20 1997-09-23 Monteith & Cook Australia 350 -24.9 Hurdle Gully 1249 151.01666 23 524 1 1 Queensland 1292014709 1924-11-01 Oct. & G. Monteith Australia 320 -26.133333 Nangur State Forest 1243 151.96666 23 524 2 2 Queensland 1292014713 1998-11-11 Australia 200 -27.6 Perrys Knob 1236 152.6 23 524 1 1 Queensland 1292014708 1996-01-25 1996-02-12 1996-01-25 R. Werz Australia 500 -16.4 High Falls 1282 145.3 23 524 1 1 Queensland