Maratus playa, a new species described from the Australian interior

On 10 October 2023 Jurgen Otto and David Hill published the description of Maratus playa in Peckhamia 308.1. Unlike most other species Maratus playa is distributed in the arid centre of Australia. Most records are from Victoria and New South Wales, but one Western Australian record indicates that this species may be widely distributed. The name “playa” a a reference to the habitat.