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Banksia Peacock Spider
Maratus mungaich
Maratus mungaich, the banksia peacock spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
The species was first described in 1995 by Julianne Waldock. In 2013 she described a species-group for Maratus mungaich. In 2014 Waldock identified Maratus hortorum which had until then been identified as M.mungaich.
From the article Maratus mungaich on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The specific epithet, mungaich, derives from a Nyoongar word for "banksia" (mangatch).
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53602.