Maratus mungaich
Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to Western Australia.[2]
| Maratus mungaich | |
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| Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Maratus |
| Species: | M. mungaich |
| Binomial name | |
| Maratus mungaich Waldock, 1995[1] | |
The species was first described in 1995 by Julianne Waldock.[1] In 2013 she described a species-group for Maratus mungaich.[3]
In courtship, males in the Maratus genus extend their elongated third legs,[4] and only the male is so brightly and beautifully coloured.
Etymology
The specific epithet, mungaich, derives from a Nyoongar word for "banksia"[1][5] (mangatch).[6][7]
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On a limb
References
- Waldock, J. M. (1995) A new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 165-169.
- WSC Salticidae:Maratus mungaich(Dunn, 1947), World Spider Catalog (WSC) Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- 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
- 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.
- Bindon, P.& Chadwick, R. (1992). A Nyoongar Wordlist from the South-West of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth
- Whitehurst, R. (1997) Noongar Dictionary Noongar to English and English to Noongar (2nd Ed) Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- Douglas, W. (1996) Illustrated dictionary of the South-West Aboriginal language Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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