Barrow Island Peacock Spider Maratus FP-297 (BWI sp. 2)
Discoverer: Julianne Waldock (2008)

Fauna Portal species: 297
Family: Salticidae


FP-297 (BWI sp. 2)

Maratus FP-297 male, dorsal (HBI N886-14)

Image: V.W. Framenau (2021) 

Fauna Portal Image No. 1306

Diagnosis

Maratus FP-297 is currently only known from Barrow Island in Western Australia. Males there are easily distinguished by the lateral short white bands on the abdomen.

Fauna Portal Reference

1 ♂ 1 ♀
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Western Australian Museum
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T89165
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01 May 2007
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Curtin N11 (2007)
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suction sample

Australia

  • Western Australia

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Volker Framenau, 30 December 2023
Administrator (psbrands GmbH), 25 October 2023