identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03EFBC5DFFB1FFB49D12FF0EFBCD7995.text	03EFBC5DFFB1FFB49D12FF0EFBCD7995.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus Karsch 1878	<div><p>Genus Maratus Karsch 1878</p> <p>Type species Maratus amabilis Karsch 1878</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFFB1FFB49D12FF0EFBCD7995	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFFB1FFA99D47FE80FD357993.text	03EFBC5DFFB1FFA99D47FE80FD357993.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus ammophilus Otto & Hill 2022	<div><p>Maratus ammophilus, new species</p> <p>Type specimens. The holotype male (♂ #1), five paratype males (♂ #2-6), and two paratype females (♀ #1-2) were collected at Pumpkin Hollow on the coast north of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=115.01401&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.233116" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 115.01401/lat -30.233116)">Perth</a>, Western Australia (30.233116°S, 115.014010°E, 7-18 FEB 2021, coll. Caleb Bartell). ♂ #1-4 and ♀ #2 were caught as juveniles and raised to adulthood, ♂ #5 and ♀ #1 were caught as adults, and ♂ #6 was raised from an egg deposited by ♀ #1. Three paratype males (♂ #7-9) and four paratype females (♀ #3-6) were collected at nearby South Bay, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.9782&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.073353" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.9782/lat -30.073353)">Green Head</a> (30.073353°S, 114.978204°E, 7-18 FEB 2021, coll. Caleb Bartell). ♂ #9 was caught as an adult, ♂ #7-8 and ♀ #3-6 were collected as juveniles and raised to adulthood. All types will be deposited in the Western Australian Museum, Perth. M. ammophilus has also been observed at Lake Thetis in Cervantes (30.505942°S, 115.078376°E, JUL 2018; Su Rammohan, pers. comm.), and at the beach in <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.167274&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.703653" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.167274/lat -27.703653)">Kalbarri</a> (27.703654°S, 114.167276°E, JUN 2022; Michael Lun, pers. comm.).</p> <p>Etymology. The species group name, ammophilus (Latin, adjective, m.), means sand-loving, a reference to the sandy beach habitat of these spiders.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The distinctive wheel-rim shape of the embolus and the use of legs I in courtship clearly place the male Maratus ammophilus in the fimbriatus group of the genus Maratus. The male resembles M. speculifer with respect to the unusual shape and yellow-green colour of femora I, with a wider proximal subsegment separated from a narrower distal subsegment by a shelf on the anterior side. However, the overall colouration of the male M. ammophilus (Figure 1) is quite different, like the female almost entirely off-white. The setae of the dorsal opisthosoma of M. ammophilus are off-white and moderately iridescent, whereas the fan of the male M. speculifer bears a singular dark and glabrous, shiny scute, the basis for its species name. In addition the anterior femora I and II of M. ammophilus have a transverse black bar at the distal end of each subsegment, or at least at the end of each proximal subsegment, easily visible from the front during courtship display.</p> <p>Description of male (Figures 4-7). Males (n=9) ranged from 3.2-3.8 mm in length. Almost the entire body, including the ventral opisthosoma, is covered with white to off-white or light-brown setae. The face is bright white, the chelicerae mostly glabrous and dark brown. An indistinct, middorsal thoracic tract of lighter setae may be present. The sides of the carapace have a distinct marginal band of white to offwhite setae. The PME are closer to the PLE than to the ALE. The dorsal opisthosoma tends to be light brown rather than white, often with a moderate iridescence.</p> <p>Legs I and II of similar length, shorter than legs III and IV, all with indistinct dark bands at the joints. Legs III are the longest. Sternum, labium and endites are dark brown to grey, almost glabrous except for longer white to off-white setae radiating from the posterior and lateral margins of the sternum. Cuticle of the prosoma and opisthosoma dark, that of the appendages almost lacking pigment. Ventral surface of each femur I and II translucent and almost glabrous, yellow-green. Each femur I and II is divided into a proximal subsegment of greater diameter, and a distal subsegment of lesser diameter, each subsegment (or at least the proximal subsegment) marked distally by a dark transverse band on the ventral surface; these subsegments are separated by a distinct, ventral shelf associated with the transverse band of the proximal subsegment (Figure 4:8,52). Pedipalps are light in colour, covered with long white setae. The retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) is unremarkable, similar to that of other Maratus. As is the case for other members of the fimbriatus group, the embolus resembles a wheel-rim, darker along the upper and lower margins of that rim, with a distally projecting terminus that bears the apical pore.</p> <p>Description of female (figures 8-10). Females (n=5) ranged from 4.0- 4.9 mm in length. Colour very much like the male, although the yellow-green colouration beneath femora I and II may be subdued and obscured by long white setae.</p> <p>Most of the type females have a fairly uniform but variable cover of off-white to light brown setae on the dorsum, but one (♀ #2, Figure 8:4-12) is much more patterned or contrasty on the dorsum, with many areas bearing darker brown setae. Variable pigmentation of the cuticle is more evident in alcohol (Figure 10:1-20). All females have long, bright white setae on the face, projecting anteromedially over the top of the dark brown, glabrous chelicerae. Setae covering the lower sides of the carapace are also bright white. PME closer to the PLE than to the ALE. Legs I and II are shorter and of similar length, legs III and IV longer and also of similar length. The epigynum (Figure 10: 25-28) is unremarkable and similar to that of other Maratus, with large fossae and posterior spermathecae of similar size.</p> <p>Immatures (Figure 11). Immature Maratus ammophilus, even in the first emergent (free-living) instar (II), have a colouration similar to that of adults.</p> <p>Courtship (Figures 12-16). Courtship display in Maratus ammophilus, as observed under natural conditions in the laboratory, is relatively simple, with the male moving intermittently (discontinuously) from side to side in front of the female, holding each new position with legs I extended and elevated to display the prominent markings on the underside of the femora, as legs III are extended to the sides. In this position, the ornamentation under legs II is also visible to the front. During this display the white pedipalps are held in place in front of the dark and glabrous chelicerae. As shown in Figure 12, the male tends to keep legs II in place when moving the elevated and extended legs I and III to one side or the other, and may even keep legs II and IV in place during this movement without any stepping at all. This fixed placement or stance of legs II keeps them in a position where the ventral femora II, like the ventral femora I, are readily visible from the front. When legs III are widely extended this side-to-side rocking movement also has a see-saw effect.</p> <p>The extent to which the opisthosoma is raised (never to a vertical position), or legs III are extended, varies. In addition, detailed placement of legs II and IV during each stance varies according to the surface on which the male is displaying. All aspects of this display are similar to those seen in other members of the fimbriatus group, although one species, Maratus fimbriatus, does not extend legs III, but also rotates the fan with each side-to-side movement.</p> <p>Mating. The erection of spines during mating by spiders corresponds to the transient increase in internal fluid pressure that occurs as seminal fluid is pumped from each pedipalp into the corresponding (same side) sperm duct of the female. This is documented for Maratus ammophilus in Figure 17.</p> <p>Habitat. Maratus ammophilus has been found on sandy ground, in coastal dunes along the Indian Ocean in Western Australia (Figures 2, 3:1-2, 18-19).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFFB1FFA99D47FE80FD357993	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFFADFF869D5AFA80FD9D7875.text	03EFBC5DFFADFF869D5AFA80FD9D7875.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus fimbriatus Otto & Hill 2016	<div><p>Maratus Fimbriatus Otto &amp; Hill 2016</p> <p>Maratus fimbriatus Otto &amp; Hill 2016, ♂ ♀</p> <p>Maratus licunxini Baehr &amp; Whyte 2016, ♂ only, new synonym</p> <p>Here we present a revised description of this species, as well as updated documentation of the male courtship display, including a comparison of populations in the interior of New South Wales and Queensland. Specimens collected in Queensland have previously been identified as Maratus licunxini. After a reexamination of the description and detailed photographs of type specimens for M. licunxini (Figure 20:1-7), as well as our study of a new male variety of this species from Queensland, we have determined that these forms all represent a single species, based in part on the variability of the scale patterns of the dorsal opisthosoma of the male (Figures 20-21), but also on the close similarity of all other characters that we have examined.</p> <p>The description of the male Maratus licunxini from Carnarvon QLD also included a chimney-like embolus opening at the prolateral part of the embolus as a diagnostic character for that species, with reference to an SEM image of the same (Baehr &amp; Whyte 2016). However we consider this to represent a general feature for species in the fimbriatus group, and in all respects, including details of the colouration of setae, we can find no characters of the male pedipalp to distinguish M. licunxini from other forms of M. fimbriatus.</p> <p>A single female paratype was also described for M. licunxini, based on collection at the type locality, with the qualification that conspecifity may be established when the courtship of this species is observed and the DNA is tested (Baehr &amp; Whyte 2016, p. 508). The epigynum of this female is distinctly different from that of female M. fimbriatus from either New South Wales or Queensland, for which courtship and mating with males has been observed and documented. We consider this female specimen to represent an undetermined (or indeterminate) species.</p> <p>New material examined. Two male (♂ #1-2) and one female (♀ #1) Maratus fimbriatus were collected about 75 km east of the type locality for M. licunxini, 14 km west of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=148.3902&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.97633" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 148.3902/lat -24.97633)">Rewan</a>, Queensland (24.976330°S, 148.390200°E, 21 NOV 2021, coll. Donna and Laurence Sanders. All specimens will be deposited in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.</p> <p>Etymology. The species group name (fimbriatus, Latin, m., adjective, English translation fringed) refers to the presence of a prominent fringe of long setae encircling the opisthosoma of the adult male (Otto &amp; Hill 2016).</p> <p>Diagnosis. The dorsal opisthosoma is encircled by a prominent fringe, and bears a variable series of white scale tracts in front, with the black, glabrous dorsal plate (scute) exposed to the rear. The inner and outer rings of the embolus of the male pedipalp are fused and shaped like a wheel rim, a characteristic shared with other members of the fimbriatus group. Legs I are elevated by the male, to display the dark brown or black/dark yellow-green anterior (prolateral) surface of each femur during courtship display. Unlike other members of the fimbriatus group, legs III are not extended laterally during that display.</p> <p>Description of male (modified after Otto &amp; Hill 2016; Figures 22-26). Males from New South Wales (N=26) ranged from 3.8 to 4.3 mm in length. New males from Queensland (N=2) ranged from 3.3 to 3.5 mm in length. The carapace is dark brown to black in life, fading to a lighter yellow-brown on the sides in preserved specimens. The carapace, including the clypeus, bears an incomplete and variable covering of off-white setae with more prominent off-white stripes extending to the rear behind the lateral eye row on either side. As in other Maratus, one or more stout setae may project forward at the median between the AME. Red-brown setae are scattered along the margins of the eye region. An indistinct middorsal or thoracic tract of off-white setae may extend to the rear behind the eye region, or it may be lacking. The margins of the carapace may be glabrous and dark brown, or a thin marginal line of white setae may be present. The proximal segments of the pedipalps, and the chelicerae are all dark brown to black and glabrous. The eyes do not have the blue or green colouration found in many other Maratus. The ALE are about 4/7 the diameter of the AME, separated from them by less than 1/5 the diameter of an AME. The small PME are nearly equidistant between the ALE and the PLE.</p> <p>The anterior 2/3 of the dorsal plate of the opisthosoma is covered with a circular area of black scales, interrupted by variable tracts of white scales (Figures 20-21). Behind this the dorsal plate is exposed, black, glabrous, and very shiny. Laterally the dorsal plate is flanked by a thick fringe of long, curved, bicoloured setae on either side. These appear bright white when folded against the opisthosoma where only the distal part of each seta is exposed, but project a brilliant blue, iridescent colour toward the front when the opisthosoma is flattened and these fringes are extended to expose the coloured, proximal part of each seta. From the rear, the proximal portion of each fringing setae is dark brown and not iridescent. The lateral fringes come together at an acute angle (point) toward the rear when retracted. The underside of the opisthosoma is covered with off-white setae but may bear a circular area of brown setae toward the rear, and the brown covers of the book lungs are exposed. The spinnerets are relatively small, brown, and unremarkable.</p> <p>The coxae and trochanters of all legs are dark with a cover of off-white setae. The sternum is dark brown to black with off-white setae around the margins. Like the chelicerae, the labium and proximal segments of the pedipalps including the endites are dark brown to black and glabrous. Legs I and II are about the same length, much shorter than legs III and IV. Legs III and IV are about the same length. All legs are indistinctly marked and covered with off-white to light-brown setae, with more white on the dorsal femora. Legs I have special markings used in display, however, to include glabrous dark brown or black to dark yellow-green surfaces of the anterior femora, with all segments distal to the femora dark brown on the underside with few setae.</p> <p>As viewed from below the pedipalps resemble those of other Maratus. The circular embolus has the appearance of a wheel rim, darker or more sclerotized at each rim margin, with a terminal projection bearing a seminal pore at the prolateral side of the rim. The long, bright white to off-white setae of each dorsal tibia and cymbium resembles a 'pom pom', offset by the dark, glabrous proximal segments of each pedipalp. These figure prominently in the male display, when the pedipalps are held in a lower position to display the dark brown, glabrous paturon of each chelicera.</p> <p>Description of female (modified after Otto &amp; Hill 2016; Figures 27 -28). The two paratype females and five females from the collection of the Australian Museum (N=7) ranged from 3.6 to 4.9 mm in length. One additional female from 14 km west of Rewan, Queensland, illustrated here, was 3.7 mm in length. In all details our female from Queensland closely resembles females collected previously in New South Wales.</p> <p>The body, legs, and pedipalps of females are covered with a salt and pepper pattern of light to dark grey or brown setae with many light or dark brown spots. Many long white setae project anteromedially from the clypeus, with the appearance of a distinct median tuft above the chelicerae. As in other Maratus, one to several small, stout setae may extend toward the front from the median of the clypeus, just below the AME row. The sides of the carapace bear a covering of long off-white setae. Above each lateral margin of the carapace, closely placed white scales or setae are aligned vertically. The chelicerae are dark brown and glabrous. The ALE are about 1/2 the diameter of the AME. The small PME are almost equidistant from the ALE and the PLE.</p> <p>The anterodorsal midline of the opisthosoma may bear a black figure in the shape of a double-headed arrow, but otherwise the overall salt and pepper pattern of scales covering the opisthosoma is fairly uniform, with lighter and less patterned setae around the margins. Usually a pair of lighter, but otherwise indistinct, spots, each appearing as a small triangle, can be seen about 2/3 of the distance to the rear from the front of the opisthosoma. The spinnerets are relatively small and brown. The underside of more distal leg segments are more glabrous and brown. The sternum is brown and glabrous but fringed with off-white setae as in the male. Legs I and II are nearly equal in length, much shorter than legs III and IV which are also nearly equal in length.</p> <p>The paired 'windows' (fenestrae or fossae) of the epigynum are large as is typical in Maratus. The paired posterior spermathecae are prominent but relatively small, somewhat separated from the fenestrae. Prominent ducts with a variable degree of sclerotization can be seen anterior to the large posterior spermathecae.</p> <p>Immatures (Figure 29). Immature Maratus fimbriatus have not been described previously. The pattern of pigmentation of the first emergent instars (instar II, Figure 29:1-4), with two dark spots toward the rear, resembles that of older instars (Figure 29:5-13).</p> <p>Courtship display (Figures 30-34). This is an update to our earlier description of the courtship display of male Maratus fimbriatus. As the male moves in a series of discreet steps (5.3-7.4 Hz) in front of a courted female, the expanded and elevated fan, with fringes extended, is first rotated slightly in a direction opposite to the direction of stepping, then quickly rotated back in the direction of stepping. We have observed the same behaviour in males from both New South Wales and Queensland populations, but similar movement does not appear to be a feature of the display of other members of the fimbriatus group. During display, the bright white pedipalps are held in lower position that exposes the dark and glabrous surface of each paturon.</p> <p>the male was displaying from a horizontal surface. Note the change of direction (11).</p> <p>the extended fringe is directed toward the front, on either side of the fan.</p> <p>Habitat and distribution (Figures 2, 35-36). Like most other Maratus, M. fimbriatus has generally been found on or near the ground. In interior Queensland, this species was found on gravel and on an embankment at the side of a rural road.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFFADFF869D5AFA80FD9D7875	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFF80FF829D31FAB3FCD57EBD.text	03EFBC5DFF80FF829D31FAB3FCD57EBD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus speculifer (Simon 1909)	<div><p>Maratus speculifer (Simon 1909)</p> <p>Habrocestum speculiferum Simon 1909</p> <p>Lycidas speculifer ŻVabka 1987</p> <p>Maratus speculiferus Otto &amp; Hill 2012</p> <p>Maratus speculifer Otto &amp; Hill 2017</p> <p>For more than a century, this species, endemic to coastal areas near Perth, was the only known member of the fimbriatus group. Fortunately earlier descriptions by Simon (1909) and later by ŻVabka (1987) are quite good. We previously published Simon's description with an English translation (Otto @ Hill 2012, p. 78). However good published photographs of this species, and the undescribed female in particular, are lacking.</p> <p>Etymology. The species name, speculifer (Lat., m., adj.); the English meaning bearing a mirror is clearly a reference to the shiny black scute that covers the dorsal opisthosoma of the adult male.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Most closely related to M. ammophilus, n. sp., found along the coast to the north in Western Australia. See the diagnosis of that species for a comparison. Photographs of the living male and female, as well as ŻVabka's (1987) drawings of the male pedipalp, are shown in Figures 37-40.</p> <p>specimen came with the label " Habrocestum speculiferum Simon, Holotypus, North Fremantle." After</p> <p>Żabka (1987), used with permission.</p> <p>Courtship (Figures 41-45). The courtship display of the male Maratus speculifer resembles that of M. ammophilus, with perhaps an even greater emphasis on rocking or see-saw movement from side to side, with legs I elevated and extended, legs III extended to the sides, and legs II and IV held in place.</p> <p>to side or rocking movement relative to the previous frame.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFF80FF829D31FAB3FCD57EBD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFF8BFF8E9D26FAB4FF4B7F93.text	03EFBC5DFF8BFF8E9D26FAB4FF4B7F93.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus volpei Schubert 2020	<div><p>Maratus volpei Schubert 2020</p> <p>Maratus volpei Schubert 2020</p> <p>This species is known only from Lake Hart in South Australia. The male displays the elevated and expanded opisthosoma, as well as the ornamented ventral side of legs I and II; also like other members of the fimbriatus group, the circular embolus resembles a wheel rim (Schubert 2020).</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named for Nick Volpe, who collected the type specimens.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Maratus volpei may be readily identified by the unique appearance of the adult male (Figure 46:1-2), with a thick, dark red-brown fringe or flap on either side of the opisthosoma. The female (Figure 46:3) is similar to other females in the fimbriatus group, covered with fairly uniform white to off-white setae.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFF8BFF8E9D26FAB4FF4B7F93	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFF88FF8D9DFAFD1AFDB17C4A.text	03EFBC5DFF88FF8D9DFAFD1AFDB17C4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus undefined-a	<div><p>Maratus sp. A "carmel"</p> <p>designated as "carmel" by Girard et al. 2021</p> <p>Like the next species (Maratus sp. B) we cannot assign a species group name to this spider as we have no type specimen. An exhaustive search through several museums in Australia has led us to conclude that, if a voucher specimen for Maratus sp. A did exist at one time, it has been liquified, presumably in preparation for DNA sequencing. However, we can figure the male of this species as this had been loaned to the senior author (JO) by Maddie Girard prior to completion of her study. Maratus sp. A and Maratus sp. B, each known from a single locality (Figure 2), are important as they played an important role in the recent DNA study of the genus Maratus (Table 2; Girard et al. 2021). That study reported the collection of 3 males for Maratus sp. A (designated carmel_SA_12C, carmel_SA_23C and carmel_SA_93C) from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=135.8784&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-32.6382" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 135.8784/lat -32.6382)">Spring Hill Salt Flats</a>, South Australia (32.6382°S, 135.8784°E, 1 DEC 2015).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Maratus sp. A, like other members of the fimbriatus group, displays with elevated and extended legs I. Only the ventral femoral patellar joints of legs I are yellow-green, and there is a dark stripe along the underside of each leg I. This species can be identified by comparison with our photographs of the male (Figure 47).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFF88FF8D9DFAFD1AFDB17C4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
03EFBC5DFF89FF8C9DE4FA52FA3B7EA8.text	03EFBC5DFF89FF8C9DE4FA52FA3B7EA8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maratus undefined-b	<div><p>Maratus sp. B "flame"</p> <p>designated as "flame" by Girard et al. 2021</p> <p>This species also played an important role in the recent DNA study of the genus Maratus (Girard et al. 2021). That study reported the collection of 3 males for Maratus sp. B (designated flame_SA_18C, flame_SA_26C and flame_SA_95C) from Lake Gairdner, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=135.8875&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.3222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 135.8875/lat -23.3222)">Thurlga</a>, South Australia (23.3222°S, 135.8875°E, 30 NOV 2015).</p> <p>Diagnosis. This species can be recognized from the colours of the adult male (Figures 48, 51). It resembles a more colourful version of Maratus sp. A, but the underside of legs I and II is dull yellowgreen, and lateral margins of the fan have a fringe of off-white setae that can be expanded during courtship display. As with other members of this group, the male assumes a series of display positions, moving from side to side in front of the female with pedipalps in front of the chelicerae (Figures 49-51).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFBC5DFF89FF8C9DE4FA52FA3B7EA8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Otto, Ju. rgen C.;Hill, David E.	Otto, Ju. rgen C., Hill, David E. (2022): Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the Fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273 (1): 1-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7171540
