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

Maratus speculifer (Simon, 1909)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034283

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | 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 -
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Habrocestum speculiferum Simon, 1909, (18569) -

Taxonomic References

Habrocestum speculiferum Simon, 1909d: 202 (Dm) Original description

Lycidas speculifer Żabka, 1987b: 465, f. 38-41 (m, T from Habrocestum)

Maratus speculiferus Otto & Hill, 2012a: 47, f. 60.1-6 (T from Lycidas, erroneous spelling)

Maratus speculifer Otto & Hill, 2017b: 8 (m habitus)

Maratus speculifer Otto & Hill, 2017e: 8 (m habitus)

Maratus speculifer Otto & Hill, 2019b: 8 (m habitus)

Maratus speculifer Otto & Hill, 2021: 10 (m habitus)

Maratus speculifer Otto & Hill, 2022d: 51, f. 1.3, 37-45 (m, f habitus)

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

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2017b). Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus). Peckhamia 148.1: 1-21. -- Show included taxa

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2017e). Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 2. Peckhamia 148.2: 1-24. -- Show included taxa

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2019b). Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 3. Peckhamia 148.3: 1-28. -- 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. (2022d). Maratus ammophilus, a new peacock spider in the fimbriatus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 273.1: 1-65. -- 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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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2022-08-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2022d
2021-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2021
2020-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2019b
2017-11-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2017e
2017-04-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2017b