World Spider Catalog

Genus: Maratus Karsch, 1878 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Maratus obscurior Simon, 1909

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034279

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -
Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Saitis michaelseni obscurior Simon, 1909, (19379) -

Taxonomic References

Saitis michaelseni obscurior Simon, 1909d: 198 (Df) Original description

Lycidas obscurior Żabka, 1987b: 467, f. 10, 42-43 (Tf from Saitis, elevated from subspecies)

Lycidas obscurior Otto & Hill, 2012a: 81 (incertae sedis; but Lycidas was considered a S of Maratus in the same paper)

References

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2012a). Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 103.1: 1-81. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2e partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 1, Lieferung 12. Jena 2(13), 152-212. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1987b). Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2012a