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Maratus personatus, WA © Michael Doe

Salticidae

— see Cosmophasis micarioides (Sparkling Northern Jumping Spider) | Cytaea sp | Helpis minitabunda (Bronze Hopper) | Jotus sp | Maratus amabilis | Maratus anomalus | Maratus elephans | Maratus griseus | Maratus hortorum | Maratus madelineae | Mopsus mormon | Maratus nigromaculatus | Maratus pavonis | Maratus plumosus | Maratus purcellae | Maratus scutulatus (White Garland House Hopper) | Maratus speciosus | Maratus speculifer | Maratus volans (Peacock Spider) | Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus | Servaea villosa (Shaggy-velvet Servaea) | Sondra aurea |

The family Salticidae are a group known as Jumping Spiders. As of 2019, this family of spiders is the largest group, making up approximately 13% of spider species, with over 600 recognised genera and over 6,000 described species.

Jumping Spiders are known to have some of the best vision among arthropods — being capable of stereoptic color vision — and use sight in courtship, hunting, and navigation.

The Jumping spiders are usually recognised by their eye pattern. All Jumping Spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the anterior median pair (the two front middle eyes) being particularly large.

One of the popular spiders in this family belong to the genus Maratus.

Maratus plumosus, NSW © Michael Doe
Maratus plumosus, NSW © Michael Doe
Jumping Spider (Jotus sp), Wandering WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Jumping Spider (Jotus sp), Wandering WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus, Hawthorndene SA © Marianne Broug
Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus, Hawthorndene SA © Marianne Broug
Mopsus mormon (Green Jumping Spider), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Mopsus mormon (Green Jumping Spider) – male, Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Male Shaggy Servaea (Servaea villosa), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Male Shaggy Servaea (Servaea villosa), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Maratus hortorum, Talbot Road Reserve, Stratton WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Maratus hortorum, Talbot Road Reserve, Stratton WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Maratus personatus, WA © Michael Doe
Maratus personatus, WA © Michael Doe
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Salticidae
  • Genus: Cosmophasis
  • Species: Cosmophasis micarioides

Footnote & References

  1. Cosmophasis micarioides (L. Koch, 1880), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cosmophasis micarioides

SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Spider sac Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Cosmophasis micarioides Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicata (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Helpis minitabunda (Bronze Hopper) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Redback Spider Miturgidae Salticidae Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider

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