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Maratus species are small spiders, with a total body length mostly around 4–5 mm (0.2 in), sometimes smaller, with a high degree of sexual dimorphism.They are known as peacock spiders, based on the peacock-like display of the dorsal (upper) surface of the abdomen (opisthosoma) of the males, on which there is a "plate" or "fan" of usually brightly colored and highly iridescent scales and ...
This species is easily identified by its prominent features as part of the genus Maratus (peacock spiders). [1] They are 2–6 mm in length, and have a rectangular or ovate abdomen, relatively short legs, and fangs or chelicerae which have a single tooth facing forward (retromarginal) and two teeth facing backward (promarginal). [1]
Maratus anomalus or the unusual peacock spider, [2] is a species of peacock spider in the family Salticidae. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] M. anomalus was described by Karsch in 1878 in Queensland Australia and New South Wales .
Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider, [citation needed] is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. [2] It is endemic to Western Australia. [2] The species was first described in 1995 by Julianne Waldock. [1] In 2013 she described a species-group for Maratus mungaich. [3]
Portia africana is a jumping spider (family Salticidae) found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Zaire and Zambia. Its conspicuous main eyes provide vision more acute than a cat 's during the day and 10 times more acute than a dragonfly's , [ 2 ] and this is essential in P. africana ...
Maratus sceletus (colloquially named skeletorus) [2] is a species of the genus Maratus (peacock spiders), an Australian member of the jumping spider family. [1] Described in 2015, they have been collected only in Wondul Range National Park in southern Queensland.
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Illustrated Male Peacock Spider. Maratus volans is a species in the jumping spider family (Salticidae), belonging to the genus Maratus (peacock spiders). These spiders are native to certain areas in Australia and occupy a wide distribution of habitats.