Maratus amabilisMaratus amabilis Prey
Maratus amabilis, belongs to the genus Maratus (family Salticidae, known as Jumping Spiders). This group of spiders are referred to as Peacock Spiders (due to the colourful appearance of the male spiders). Maratus amabilis is also known as the Amiable Peacock Spider.
This species Maratus amabilis, have large black spots on the flaps, with the pattern differing between populations in the various locations/regions. Most observations have been in the southeast of Australia, with each population differing from each other by the markings on the abdomen and the area behind the eyes.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Salticoidea
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Maratus
- Species: Maratus amabilis
Footnote & References
- Photographs (Project Maratus) © Michael Doe
- Michael Doe on Flickr – spiderphotography21 and michael doe (Project Maratus)
- Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 2, Jürgen C. Otto and David E. Hill, PECKHAMIA 148.2, 15 September 2017, 1―24 ISSN 2161―8526 (print) ISSN 1944―8120 (online) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:57925A87-9063-425E-AB9A-1DEC3696AA38 (registered 7 SEP 2017), https://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_148.2.pdf
- Peacock Spider, Jurgen Otto, https://www.peacockspider.org
- A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia, Authors Robert Whyte, Gregory John Anderson, Publisher: CSIRO Publishing ISBN: 9780643107076, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329139666_A_Field_Guide_to_Spiders_of_Australia
- Maratus amabilis Karsch 1878 Amiable Peacock spider, Arachne.org.au, https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2660
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