Maratus volans

Baehr, Barbara C. & Whyte, Robert, 2016, The Peacock Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species, Zootaxa 4154 (5), pp. 501-525 : 524

The Maratus volans group

( FIGURES 15 A, D, G)

Otto & Hill (2014a) described the Maratus volans group ( M. pardus and M. volans ) as having a wide fringe at the sides of the opisthosoma and similar courtship displays.

Figures

FIGURE 15 (A ‒ I). Maratus males: A, D, G, M. volans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (QM-S 54112); B, E, H, M. speciosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (QM-S 26034); C, F, I, Maratus pavonis var. nornalup (WAM-T 136127); A ‒ C, palpal tip with embolic disc; D ‒ F, embolic disc frontal view; G ‒ I, palpal tip retrolateral view, with flat retrolateral groove and differently shaped lateral process of embolic disc.