Maratus speciosus ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 )

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

Maratus speciosus ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

( FIGURES 15 B, E, H)

Salticus speciosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874c: 180 , pl. 17, fig. 5 (Dm). Type locality: Swan River , Perth, Western Australia.

Habrocestum speciosum: Keyserling 1883b: 1468 , pl. 123, fig. 8 (Df).

Saitis speciosus: Simon 1901: 564 .

Maratus speciosus: Otto & Hill 2012a: 42 , figs 52.1‒6, 53.1‒4, 54.1‒9, 55.1‒8. 56.1‒3. 57.1‒9, 58.1‒6, 59.1‒5 (Tmf from Saitis ).

Material examined. 1 male, 1 female (QM-S26034), Western Australia, Mosman Beach, 32°01’S, 115°45’E, 10 Sep. 1994, S. Wilson, hand coll. during courtship.

Distribution. Previously known only from Perth Western Australia; this record is from nearly the same area. Dance: You tube Peacock Spider 7 ( Maratus speciosus ) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yYC5r8xMI).

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.