Maratus jactatus

Maratus jactatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Maratus
Species:	M. jactatus
Binomial name
	Maratus jactatus; Otto & Hill, 2015

Maratus jactatus (colloquially named sparklemuffin)^[2] is a species of the genus Maratus (peacock spiders), an Australian member of the jumping spider family. Maratus Jactatus have the ability to jump lengths up to 50 times their size of about 10 mm. ^[1] The female has a cryptically colored back, whereas the male has the colorful back. 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] However, depending on the colors of the male, the female may be more likely to go to another male or not be attracted to certain males.^{[citation needed]}

Behavior[]

The species-group is distinctive in their way of attracting attention from possible mates. Males will raise their colorful flaps on their abdomen and perform dances by waving their leg from side to side to get the attention of a female.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.

Further reading[]

McCoy, Dakota E.; McCoy, Victoria E.; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Aizenberg, Joanna; Prum, Richard O.; Haig, David (15 May 2019). "Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1902): 20190589. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0589.
Cerveira, Ana M.; Jackson, Robert R.; Nelson, Ximena J. (1 May 2019). "Dim-light vision in jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae): identification of prey and rivals". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (9): jeb198069. doi:10.1242/jeb.198069.
“Dancing Spiders.” Scholastic News -- Edition 5/6, vol. 83, no. 21, Apr. 2015, p. 3
McCoy, Dakota E.; McCoy, Victoria E.; Mandsberg, Nikolaj K.; Shneidman, Anna V.; Aizenberg, Joanna; Prum, Richard O.; Haig, David (15 May 2019). "Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1902): 20190589. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0589.

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[WSC_s53988-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Taxon details Maratus jactatus Otto & Hill, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

[NatGeo-2] Carrie Arnold, Carrie (24 March 2015). "Behold Sparklemuffin and Skeletorus, New Peacock Spiders". National Geographic News. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

[3] 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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