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

Maratus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1881)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034282

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Distribution: Australia. Introduced to New Zealand

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

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Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001714) of Ergane dialeuca L. Koch, 1881 -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (A0000898) of Ergane scutulata L. Koch, 1881 -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0000899) of Habrocestum albovittatum Keyserling, 1882 -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (no number) of Hasarius lineatus Keyserling, 1881, potentially lost -
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) 2f (A0002252) and paratype of Lycidas karschi Zabka 1987 -

Taxonomic References

Ergane dialeuca L. Koch, 1881a: 1263, pl. 108, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034270]

Hasarius lineatus Keyserling, 1881a: 1275, pl. 109, f. 3 (m)

Ergane scutulata L. Koch, 1881a: 1268, pl. 108, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description

Habrocestum albovittatum Keyserling, 1882: 1407, pl. 119, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034082]

Ergane dialeuca Keyserling, 1883b: 1477 (S of Hasarius lineatus)

Hypoblemum albovittatum Simon, 1903a: 708 (T from Habrocestum)

Sigytes dialeuca Simon, 1903a: 734 (T from Ergane)

Sigytes scutata Simon, 1903a: 734 (lapsus) (T from Ergane)

Lycidas karschi Żabka, 1987b: 468, f. 11, 44-45 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034274]

Lycidas scutulatus Żabka, 1987b: 460, f. 7, 27-28 (Tmf from Sigytes)

Lycidas sp. Davies & Żabka, 1989: 239, pl. 41 (mf) [see Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019: 36]

Lycidas dialeuceus Żabka, 1991c: 37 (Tm from Sigytes)

Lycidas dialeucus Otto & Hill, 2012a: 80 (incertae sedis; but Lycidas was considered a S of Maratus in the same paper)

Lycidas karschi Otto & Hill, 2012a: 80 (incertae sedis; but Lycidas was considered a S of Maratus in the same paper)

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

Hypoblemum sp. Zhang & Maddison, 2015: 78, f. 497-499 (m)

Hypoblemum scutulatum Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019: 36, f. 2.4-13, 34-60 (mf, T from Maratus, S of Habrocestum albovittatum, Maratus dialeucus and M. karschi)

Maratus scutulatus Otto & Hill, 2021: 22 (mf habitus, T from Hypoblemum)

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

Keyserling, E. (1881a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 28]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1272-1324, pl. 109-112. doi: bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 29-30]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1325-1420, pl. 113-120. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1883b). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 31]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1421-1489, pl. 120-123. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1881a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 27]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1213-1271, pl. 104-108. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- 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

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2021). Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus), version 4. Peckhamia 148.4: 1-35. -- Show included taxa

Otto, J. C., Hill, D. E. & Whyte, R. (2019). Australian jumping spiders of the genus Hypoblemum (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 180.1: 1-62. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] -- 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

Żabka, M. (1991c). Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, J. X. & Maddison, W. P. (2015). Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny. Zootaxa 3938(1): 1-147. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1 -- 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.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2023-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2012a
2023-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2012a
2023-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2012a
2021-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2021
2021-02-24	Species transferred to new genus	Otto & Hill, 2021	Species transferred from Hypoblemum to Maratus
2019-03-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Zhang & Maddison, 2015
2019-03-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Davies & Żabka, 1989
2019-03-20	Species synonymy	Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019	Hypoblemum karschi synonymized with Hypoblemum scutulatum
2019-03-20	Species synonymy	Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019	Hypoblemum dialeucum synonymized with Hypoblemum scutulatum
2019-03-20	Species synonymy	Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019	Hypoblemum albovittatum synonymized with Hypoblemum scutulatum
2019-03-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019
2019-03-20	Species transferred to new genus	Otto, Hill & Whyte, 2019	Species transferred from Maratus to Hypoblemum