Maratus vespertilio is a species of the genusMaratus (peacock spiders), an Australian member of the jumping spider family.[1] Males expand their colourful abdominal flaps for display during courtship as well as in contests with other males.[2]
maratus, vespertilio, species, genus, maratus, peacock, spiders, australian, member, jumping, spider, family, males, expand, their, colourful, abdominal, flaps, display, during, courtship, well, contests, with, other, males, male, scientific, classification, d. Maratus vespertilio is a species of the genus Maratus peacock spiders an Australian member of the jumping spider family 1 Males expand their colourful abdominal flaps for display during courtship as well as in contests with other males 2 Maratus vespertilio male Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Arachnida Order Araneae Infraorder Araneomorphae Family Salticidae Subfamily Salticinae Genus Maratus Species M vespertilio Binomial name Maratus vespertilio Simon 1901 1 Synonyms 1 Saitis vespertilio Simon 1901References edit a b c Taxon details Maratus vespertilio Simon 1901 World Spider Catalog Natural History Museum Bern Retrieved 2016 06 17 Otto Jurgen Hill David E 2012 Contests between male Maratus vespertilio Peckhamia 98 1 1 17 nbsp This article related to jumping spiders Salticidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maratus vespertilio amp oldid 1157203983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
