Peacock Spider

named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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females

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named and described by Karsch 1878

Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei zoologici Berolinensis [Descriptions of several new salticids from Australia in the collection of the Berlin Museum]. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2 (1): 22-32.

first photographic account and description of the courtship display by Otto & Hill 2010

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females

named and described by Otto & Hill 2022

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named and described by Karsch 1878

Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei zoologici Berolinensis [Descriptions of several new salticids from Australia in the collection of the Berlin Museum]. Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins 2 (1): 22-32.

First photographic account including courtship display by Otto & Hill 2012

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females

named by Joseph Schubert

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Articles: Forbes , Newdaily, DailyMail

females

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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females

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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females

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named by Otto & Hill 2014

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female unknown

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Named by Schubert 2020

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2019

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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females

named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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females

articles: the guardian (1), livescience , theguardian (2) , huffingtonpost

named and described by Waldock 2013

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females

named and described by Otto & Hill 2012

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females

Named and described by Otto and David Hill (2022)

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named and described by Simon 1909

Simon, E. 1909. Lief. 12. Araneae, 2me partie. In: Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwestaustralischen Forschungsreise 1905 herausgegeben von Prof. Sr. W. Michaelseon und Dr. R. Hartmeyer. Band II, Lieferung 9―13. Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena. 155―212.

redescribed by Waldock 2002

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video by Donna Sanders: Facebook

female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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females

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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females

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2015

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Named by Schubert 2019

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Named by Schubert 2020

Courtship display, females and juveniles described by David Hill and Jurgen Otto in Peckhamia 306.1

Article: The Conversation , Museum Victoria

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named by Otto & Hill 2019

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2012

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2015

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a little about the discovery of Maratus elephans: The calendar

female

named by Baehr & Whyte 2016

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Named by Schubert 2019

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named and describe by Otto & Hill 2016

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female

The Queensland form specimens I photographed were kindly provided by Donna and Laurence Sanders

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

described and named in 2020 by Julianne Waldock in Records of the Western Australian Museum 35:1-9

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The female was first described and named by Keyserling 1882 under the name Cytaea grisea and the male a years later by the same author as Acmaea villosa. Subsequently it was referred to under several different names and was designated the type species of the genus Hypoblemum. In 2019 Jurgen Otto, Robert Whyte and David Hill revised the genus Hypoblemum and gave the first detailed account of this spider (see Peckhamia 180.1). In 2021 Madeline Girard and collaborators confirmed the close relationship between Hypoblemum and Maratus, a relationship that had been hypothesised before. Resulting from this analysis Jurgen Otto and David Hill transferred Hypoblemum griseum and the only other species in the genus, H. scutulatum into the genus Maratus (see Peckhamia 148.4)

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described and named by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2024) in Peckhamia 319.1

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2011

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Maratus harrisi, its discoverer Stuart Harris and myself are the subject of a 30 mins “documystery” that you can download on ABC iview.

My story about the discovery of Maratus harrisi: Harris’ peacock spider

Story about the Calendar Stuart Harris and I produced in 2012: The calendar

There are three distinct varieties of Maratus harrisi one in New South Wales, one predominantly in Victoria and the third in Tasmania

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female

described and named in 2020 by Julianne Waldock in Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 1-9

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Waldock 2014

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Named by Otto & Hill 2019

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female

described by Joseph Schubert 2020

Article: The Conversation

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2015

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female

named and described by Baehr & Whyte 2016

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named and described by Waldock 2013

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female

Named by Schubert 2020

Photograph copyright Joseph Schubert

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2014

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Waldock 2008

account of courtship display by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2014

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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female

discovered by James McMulkin

named and described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill in Peckhamia 318.1

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named and described by Waldock 2014

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2014

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female

named and described by Waldock 2013

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documentation of living individuals and courtship: Otto & Hill 2017

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articles: forbes, mother nature network

female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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described and named in 2016 by Barbara Baehr and Robert Whyte in Zootaxa 4154.5.1

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discovered by Flynn Prall and James McMulkin.

Names and described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill in Peckhamia 318.1

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2014

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female

named and described by Waldock 1995

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female

named by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2023) in Peckhamia 309.1

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named and described by Joseph Schubert

female

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

named and described by Keyserling 1883

Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg, 1: 1421-1489.

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

Named by Schubert 2020

Photograph copyright Joseph Schubert

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Namded and described by Otto and Hill (2022)

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described and named by Joseph Schubert

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named and described by Baehr & Whyte 2016

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2014

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female

named and described by Dunn 1947

Dunn, R. A. 1947. A new salticid spider from Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 15: 82-85.

Dunn 1957 is the first publication in which the display of a peacock spider is mentioned

Dunn, R. A. 1957. The Peacock Spider. Walkabout, April 1st, 1957: 38-39.

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2015

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Articles in New Scientist, The Verge, National Geographic, Live Science, IFL Science, Daily mail, Phys Org

female

This species was discovered by Paul Winthrop and has recently been named by Jurgen Otto and David Hill in Peckhamia . Additional photographs can be viewed on flickr.

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described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill in Peckhamia 308.1

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2013

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female

named and described by Waldock 2015

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2013

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2012a , updated by Otto & Hill 2012b

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articles: Live Science, Cosmos, IFL Science, Nature,

female

Described and named by Schubert and Whyte 2019

Photo copyright Robert Whyte

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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female

Otto & Hill 2012 illustrated and described this spider in detail but allowed Waldock 2013 to name it. Otto & Hill 2014 subsequently republished their description of Maratus sarahae in the context of other species in the Maratus mungaich group.

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My story about finding this spider: Sarah’s peacock spider

female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2015

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female

Described and named by Ludwig Koch in 1881 under the name Ergane scutulata and subsequently given many different names

Most recent and most detailed redescription by Jurgen Otto, Robert Whyte and David Hill (2019) in Peckhamia 180.1 under the name Hypoblemum scutulatum

This species has had a colourful and confusing taxonomic history which you can also read about in Peckhamia 180.1. A recent phylogenetic analysis by Girard et al (2021) confirmed the close relationship of this species with other peacock spiders, a relationship that was already hypothesised by others. It was included into Maratus by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (Peckhamia 148.4) to maintain the monophyly of the genus Maratus

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named and described by Pickard-Cambridge 1874

Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1874. On some new genera and species of Araneida. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, volume 14, Issue Number 81, Paper 24: 169―183, plate XVII.

First photographic account including courtship display by Otto & Hill 2012

In depth description of courtship display by Hill & Otto 2014

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female

named and described by Simon 1909

Simon, E. 1909. Lief. 12. Araneae, 2me partie. In: Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwestaustralischen Forschungsreise 1905 herausgegeben von Prof. Sr. W. Michaelseon und Dr. R. Hartmeyer. Band II, Lieferung 9―13. Verlag von Gustav Fischer in Jena. 155―212.

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2012a , updated by Otto & Hill 2012b

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named and described by Rainbow 1896

Rainbow, W. J. 1896. Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 7. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 628-633.

Story about my rediscovery of Maratus splendent 115 years after it was last seen: here

first photographic account including courtship by Otto & Hill 2011
in depth comparison of Maratus splendens and Maratus pavonis by Hill & Otto 2011

detail comparison of Maratus splendens and its relatives by Otto & Hill 2014

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study on colour production in Maratus splendens: Stavenga, Otto & Wilts 2016

female

Named by Schubert 2020

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Article: The Conversation

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Named by Otto & Hill 2019

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2013

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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female

Named and described on 13 October 2020 by Jurgen Otto and David Hill 2020 in Peckhamia 223.1

Additional photographs in flickr

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2018

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2017

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articles: ABC, Science Alert, forbes, mother nature network, news hub, IFL Science

female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2018

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female

named and described by Otto & Hill 2012a , updated in Otto & Hill 2012b

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2016

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female

named and described by Simon 1901

Simon. E. 1901. Etudes arachnologiques. 31e. Memoire. L. Descriptions d'especes nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 70: 66-76.

Additional account by Otto & Hill 2011

First account of this species’ unique hopping contests by Otto & Hill 2012

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video on YouTube including the peculiar male “hopping tests”

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female

named and described by Pickard-Cambridge 1874

Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1874. On some new genera and species of Araneida. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, volume 14, Issue Number 81, Paper 24: 169―183, plate XVII.

story of my first encounter with this spider: First encounter

story about discovering the Maratus volans display: Early Days

story about the first attention by media:Take off and crash

story about the first scientific article about the Maratus volans display: Peckhamia

story about filming Maratus volans: Movie time

story about introducing David Attenborough and Prince Charles to Maratus volans: Attenborough and Prince Charles

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articles: Plosone, Peckhamia 74.1

female

Named by Schubert 2020

Photograph copyright Nick Volpe

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named and describe by Otto & Hill 2016

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named and described by Otto & Hill 2013

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female

Named and described by Jurgen Otto and David Hill (2023) in Peckhamia 311.1

news article : WAtoday