Maratus elephans Otto & Hill 2015

Otto, Jürgen C. & Hill, David E., 2019, Catalogue of the Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus, Saratus), version 3, Peckhamia 148 (3), pp. 1-28 : 22

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scientific name	Maratus elephans Otto & Hill 2015
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Treatment

Maratus elephans Otto & Hill 2015c ; Whyte & Anderson 2017

M. elephans has an unusual and finely-drawn figure on the front of the fan, resembling the head of an elephant with one ear on either flap. It is known from only a few sites in the interior of northeastern New South Wales.

References

Otto, J. C. and D. E. Hill. 2015 a. Two new peacock spiders of the calcitrans group from southern Queensland (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae: Maratus). Peckhamia 121.1: 1 - 34.

Otto, J. C. and D. E. Hill. 2015 c. Maratus elephans, a new member of the volans group from New South Wales (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 123.1: 1 - 19.

Whyte, R. and G. Anderson. 2017. A field guide to spiders of Australia. Csiro Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria. i-xii, 1 - 452.