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Issue: Vol. 4758 No. 1: 27 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.1
Page range: 1–44
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Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878)

Entomology/Arachnology, Museums Victoria, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia.
Araneae salticid euophryine jumping spider taxonomy systematics courtship display Bush Blitz Maratus azureus Maratus constellatus Maratus inaquosus Maratus laurenae Maratus noggerup Maratus suae Maratus volpei

Abstract

Seven new species of the Australian peacock spider genus Maratus Karsch, 1878 are described from Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia: Maratus azureus sp. nov., Maratus constellatus sp. nov., Maratus inaquosus sp. nov., Maratus laurenae sp. nov., Maratus noggerup sp. nov., Maratus suae sp. nov., and Maratus volpei sp. nov.

 

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