Maratus mungaich: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Maratus
- Species
- Maratus mungaich
- Scientific Name
- Maratus mungaich
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Maratus mungaich
Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
The species was first described in 1995 by Julianne Waldock. In 2013 she described a species-group for Maratus mungaich. In 2014 Waldock identified Maratus hortorum which had until then been identified as M.mungaich.
In courtship, males in the Maratus genus extend their elongated third legs, and only the male is so brightly and beautifully coloured.
...Maratus mungaich in languages:
- English
- Banksia Peacock Spider
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Maratus albus
- Maratus amabilis
- Maratus ammophilus
- Maratus anomaliformis
- Maratus anomalus
- Maratus aquilus
- Maratus aurantius
- Maratus australis
- Maratus avibus
- Maratus azureus
- Maratus banyowla
- Maratus bitaeniatus
- Maratus boranup
- Maratus bubo
- Maratus caeruleus
- Maratus calcitrans
- Maratus candens
- Maratus chlorophthalmus
- Maratus chrysomelas
- Maratus cinereus
- Maratus clupeatus
- Maratus combustus
- Maratus constellatus
- Maratus cristatus
- Maratus cuspis
- Maratus digitatus
- Maratus electricus
- Maratus elephans
- Maratus eliasi
- Maratus expolitus
- Maratus felinus
- Maratus fimbriatus
- Maratus flavus
- Maratus fletcheri
- Maratus furvus
- Maratus gemmifer
- Maratus griseus
- Maratus harrisi
- Maratus harveyi
- Maratus hesperus
- Maratus heteropogon
- Maratus hortorum
- Maratus icarus
- Maratus inaquosus
- Maratus jactatus
- Maratus julianneae
- Maratus karrie
- Maratus kiwirrkurra
- Maratus kochi
- Maratus laurenae
- Maratus lentus
- Maratus leo
- Maratus linnaei
- Maratus literatus
- Maratus lobatus
- Maratus madelineae
- Maratus maritimus
- Maratus melindae
- Maratus michaelorum
- Maratus michaelseni
- Maratus montanus
- Maratus mungaich
- Maratus nemo
- Maratus neptunus
- Maratus nigriceps
- Maratus nigromaculatus
- Maratus nimbus
- Maratus noggerup
- Maratus nubilis
- Maratus obscurior
- Maratus occasus
- Maratus ottoi
- Maratus pardus
- Maratus pavonis
- Maratus personatus
- Maratus piliger
- Maratus pilosus
- Maratus pinniger
- Maratus plumosus
- Maratus proszynskii
- Maratus purcellae
- Maratus robinsoni
- Maratus sagittus
- Maratus sapphirus
- Maratus sarahae
- Maratus sceletus
- Maratus scutulatus
- Maratus speciosus
- Maratus speculifer
- Maratus spicatus
- Maratus splendens
- Maratus suae
- Maratus sylvestris
- Maratus tasmanicus
- Maratus tessellatus
- Maratus tiddalik
- Maratus tortus
- Maratus trigonus
- Maratus unicup
- Maratus velutinus
- Maratus vespa
- Maratus vespertilio
- Maratus vittatus
- Maratus volans
- Maratus volpei
- Maratus vultus
- Maratus watagansi














































