A small jumper common in Sydney's north on the Hawkesbury inlet at Cowan Creek, also north to at least Brisbane and south to Eden. Males have long, fringed legs III typical of Saitis, a central band of white lengthways on the carapace, reddish-orange on the face around the eyes and a cream to orange yellow-moustache. The species name virgatus is Latin for striped. The female was assumed unidentified by the authors of the description, Otto and Hill, but is in fact an already described species, Salpesia bimaculata (Keyserling, 1883). The sub adult male, shown here with images of a specimen collected by Adam Parsons at his home in Hill Top NSW has characteristics in general appearance of both the female and the male ♀ 6mm ♂ 5mm
- Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, facing
- Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, from side
- Male Ku-ring-gai Chase,oblique view
- Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, facing, moustache visible
- Female In leaf litter from near Bellbird Grove turnoff on Mt Nebo Rd
- Males, from Otto & Hill, 2012
- Males, from Otto & Hill, 2012
- Females, from Otto & Hill, 2012
- Males and females, courtship, from Otto & Hill, 2012
- References
Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, facing
Robert Whyte
Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, from side
Robert Whyte
Male Ku-ring-gai Chase,oblique view
Robert Whyte
Male Ku-ring-gai Chase, facing, moustache visible
Robert Whyte
Female In leaf litter from near Bellbird Grove turnoff on Mt Nebo Rd
Greg Anderson
Males, from Otto & Hill, 2012
Jürgen Otto
Males, from Otto & Hill, 2012
Jürgen Otto
Females, from Otto & Hill, 2012
Jürgen Otto
Males and females, courtship, from Otto & Hill, 2012
Jürgen Otto
References
- Otto & Hill, 2012 - Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) PECKHAMIA 103.1, 2 November 2012, 1―81 ISSN 2161―8526 (print) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F5DA5408-ABD7-4BFF-98E8-7AF731EA8B8E [registered 26 OCT 2012] ISSN 1944―8120 (online)
