Maratus jactatus
| Maratus jactatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Maratus |
| Species: | M. jactatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Maratus jactatus Otto & Hill, 2015[1] | |
Maratus jactatus (colloquially named sparklemuffin)[2] is a species of the genus Maratus (peacock spiders), an Australian member of the jumping spider family.[1] They have been collected only in Wondul Range National Park in southern Queensland. Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display, during which they extend their median and posterior fringed spinnerets. They also spread the flaps from over their inflated opisthomal plate, revealing unique iridescent blue scales "interrupted by three bold transverse bands of red-orange to orange pigmented scales." A male presents both the extended spinnets and his expanded and inflated opisthoma as he faces the female that he courts.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Taxon details Maratus jactatus Otto & Hill, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
- ↑ Carrie Arnold, Carrie (24 March 2015). "Behold Sparklemuffin and Skeletorus, New Peacock Spiders". National Geographic News. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ Otto, Jürgen C.; Hill, David E. (20 January 2015). "Two new peacock spiders of the calcitrans group from southern Queensland (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus)" (PDF). Peckhamia. Simpsonville, SC: The Peckham Society. 121 (1): 1–34. ISSN 2161-8526. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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