Maratus mungaich

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Maratus mungaich
Maratus mungaich by Jean Hort (cropped).jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Maratus
Species:
M. mungaich
Binomial name
Maratus mungaich
, 1995[1]

Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider,[citation needed] is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[2] It is endemic to Western Australia.[2]

The species was first described in 1995 by .[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]

  • On a limb

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Bindon, P.& Chadwick, R. (1992). A Nyoongar Wordlist from the South-West of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth
  6. ^ Whitehurst, R. (1997) Noongar Dictionary Noongar to English and English to Noongar (2nd Ed) Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ Douglas, W. (1996) Illustrated dictionary of the South-West Aboriginal language Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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