A colourful addition to the spider fauna of Victoria : the peacock spider Maratus splendens (Rainbow, 1896) (Araneae: Salticidae)
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journal contribution
posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00authored byD de Angelis, Hayley Davis, B Jenner, J de Jong
Jumping spiders belonging to the endemic Australian genus Maratus are popularly referred to as peacock spiders, so called for the remarkable courtship displays of the often brightly coloured males. Several Maratus splendens were found in Buldah State Forest, East Gippsland in 2011 and 2013, representing the first records of this species from Victoria. Until recently, this species was known only from around Sydney. While a degree of caution should be exercised whenever implying possible new distributional records based on single localities, it is considered most likely that this discovery represents a genuine expansion in the known range of Maratus splendens. Details are also provided for a previously unpublished record from the central coast of New South Wales.
History
Journal
Victorian naturalist
Volume
130
Issue
6
Pagination
224 - 231
Publisher
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Location
Melbourne, Vic.
ISSN
0042-5184
Language
eng
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article