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
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

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. 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.

External links

• Maratus mungaich occurrence data records from OZCAM