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Species of spider

Maratus mungaich
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Maratus
Species: M. mungaich
Binomial name
Maratus mungaich
Waldock, 1995

Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.

The species was first described in 1995 by Julianne Waldock. In 2013 she described a species-group for Maratus mungaich. In 2014 Waldock identified Maratus hortorum which had until then been identified as M.mungaich.

In courtship, males in the Maratus genus extend their elongated third legs, and only the male is so brightly and beautifully coloured.

Etymology

The specific epithet, mungaich, derives from a Nyoongar word for "banksia" (mangatch).

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References

  1. ^ Waldock, J. M. (1995) A new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 165-169.
  2. ^ WSC Salticidae:Maratus mungaich(Dunn, 1947), World Spider Catalog (WSC) Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. Waldock, J. M. (2013) A review of the peacock spiders of the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 66-81. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.28(1).2013.066-081
  4. Waldock, Julianne. "Two new species of peacock spider of the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae: Salticidae) from south-western Australia" (PDF). Museum.wa.gov.au. Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. Hill, D.E. (2009) Euophryine jumping spiders that extend their third legs during courtship (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus, Saitis). Peckhamia 74.1:1-27. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. Bindon, P.& Chadwick, R. (1992). A Nyoongar Wordlist from the South-West of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth
  7. Whitehurst, R. (1997) Noongar Dictionary Noongar to English and English to Noongar (2nd Ed) Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. Douglas, W. (1996) Illustrated dictionary of the South-West Aboriginal language Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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Taxon identifiers
Maratus mungaich
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