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

Maratus michaelseni (Simon, 1909)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034276

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

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: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (A0002250) of Saitis michaelseni Simon, 1909 -
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Saitis michaelseni Simon, 1909, (19378, 19378a) -

Taxonomic References

Saitis michaelseni Simon, 1909d: 197 (Df) Original description

Lycidas michaelseni Żabka, 1987b: 462, f. 8, 29 (Tf from Saitis)

Lycidas michaelseni Davies & Żabka, 1989: 238, pl. 45 (f, Dm, considered misplaced)

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

References

Davies, V. T. & Żabka, M. (1989). Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 189-266. -- Show included taxa

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. 2me partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 2, Lieferung 12. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 152-212. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7416 [[2nd pdf lists the collection locations]] -- 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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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

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