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

Maratus felinus Schubert, 2019

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Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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

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Holotype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia m (T147353) - (Schubert, 2019a)
Paratype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia 1m 2f (T147354) - (Schubert, 2019a)

Taxonomic References

Maratus felinus Schubert, 2019a: 94, f. 2C, 17A-F, 18A-D, 19A-C, 20A-F, 21A-D, 22A-B, 23A-B (Dmf) Original description

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

Maratus felinus Otto & Hill, 2021: 12 (m habitus)

Maratus felinus Otto & Hill, 2022b: 1, f. 1.7-9 (m habitus)

Maratus felinus Otto & Hill, 2024a: 3, f. 1.1, 21, 28.1-3, 29-31, 36-39, 44, 47, 53-56, 67-68, 73 (m habitus)

References

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. (2022b). Maratus candens, a new peacock spider in the linnaei group from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 263.1: 1-33. -- Show included taxa

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2024a). Two new peacock spiders in the linnaei group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Australphryni: Maratus). Peckhamia 318.1: 1-85. -- Show included taxa

Schubert, J. (2019a). Three new peacock spiders from Southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878). Zootaxa 4564(1): 81-100. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.3 -- 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
2024-08-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2024a
2022-04-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2022b
2021-02-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2021
2020-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Otto & Hill, 2019b
2019-03-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Schubert, 2019a
2019-03-05	New species inserted	Schubert, 2019a