Maratus cuspis Otto & Hill 2019

Otto, Jürgen C. & Hill, David E., 2019, Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 3, Peckhamia 148 (3), pp. 1-28 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3732535

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19E32A8E-798B-49AE-BE73-168B57D2D44E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3812629

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D187CC-7A4A-FFCC-FFCB-FDE0FF32FC72

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Maratus cuspis Otto & Hill 2019
status

 

Maratus cuspis Otto & Hill 2019 View in CoL

Maratus cuspis Otto & Hill 2019 View in CoL

The species name cuspis refers to the appearance of a dark "spearhead" surrounded by flames on the dorsal opisthosoma. As males display, they rotate the fan on one side and then the other while holding legs III in a bracketing position around the fan. When they switch the side to which they are rotating the fan, they execute a very fast kick with one of their legs III. At times they bring legs III close together to tightly bracket the "spearhead."

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Maratus

Loc

Maratus cuspis Otto & Hill 2019

Otto, Jürgen C. & Hill, David E. 2019
2019
Loc

Maratus cuspis

Otto & Hill 2019
2019
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