Maratus scutulatus

A jumping spider at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

Maratus scutulatus	29 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Maratus sp. (genus)	28 Apr 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Maratus sp. (genus)	14 Apr 2019	CathB

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Tiny jumping spider. Possibly a juvenile Maratus?

3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Apr 2019

Stuart Harris provided the following when I asked him to check this ID..."Re pic, hard to give definitive answer. technically is a Maratus though really isn't. Dr Otto synonomised the genera Lycidas and Maratus years ago, adding over 20 sp. to Maratus which aren't able to be keyed out. He did this primarily, and i stand corrected, so that another taxonomist may come along (and they have) to sort out the genus. This spider used to be called Lycidas scutulatus though is not referred to as Maratus scutulatus. This example is actually a juvenile which makes it even harder to identify. Now is the perfect time to observe juvenile Maratus as they emerge from their miniature egg/spiderling stage and take on adult dimensions (not colouration) before they lapse into winter torpor soon and emerge as adults in the spring."

CathB wrote:

28 Aug 2019

This species has now been transferred to Hypoblemum:
Jurgen C. Otto, David E. Hill and Robert Whyte, Australian jumping spiders of the genus Hypoblemum (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), PECKHAMIA 180.1, 12 March 2019, 1―62.
As I interpret it, this sighting now becomes Hypoblemum scutulatum, as do (some of) the sightings currently in H. albovittatum.
The shaggier individuals, currently placed in H. villosum (and some in H. albovittatum), become H. griseum.

CathB wrote:

29 Sep 2019

This should now be renamed Hypoblemum scutulatum.

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