Coastal peacock spider
| Maratus speciosus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Maratus |
| Species: | M. speciosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Maratus speciosus (O. P-Cambridge, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Salticus speciosus | |
Maratus speciosus, sometimes called the coastal peacock spider, is a species of Australian jumping spider. They are only known to inhabit the vegetation of the coastal sand dunes of southwestern Western Australia. Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display during which they raise their third pair of legs and their abdomen, presenting their colorful opisthomal plate to potential female partners. Unlike other Maratus, however, the males of this species have a set of bright orange setae along both edges of the opisthoma which only become visible during this display.[1]
References
- ↑ Otto, Jürgen; Hill, David E. (4 November 2012). "Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)" (PDF). Peckhamia 103 (1): 42. ISSN 2161-8526.
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