World Spider Catalog

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

Maratus expolitus Prasad, 2022

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054125

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Described:

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Distribution: Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)

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

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Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia m (KS.131127) - (Prasad, 2022)
Paratype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia 5m 7f (KS.131128-131134) - (Prasad, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Maratus expolitus Prasad, 2022: 2, f. 1-9 (Dmf) Original description

References

Prasad, M. (2022). Maratus expolitus: a new widespread peacock spider from Australia's east coast (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 267.1: 1-7. -- 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	Old value	Comment
2022-05-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Prasad, 2022
2022-05-12	New species inserted	Prasad, 2022