The following is a list of recent publications on peacock spiders by authors other than David Hill and myself which are accessible via a different tab


Baehr BC & R Whyte (2016). The peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Maratus) of the Queensland Museum, including six new species. Zootaxa 4154: 501-525

De Angelis D, Davis H, Jenner B & J de Jong (2013). A colourful addition to the spider fauna of Victoria: the peacock spider Maratus splendens (Rainbow, 1896) (Araneae: Salticidae). Victorian Naturalist 130:224-231

Girard MB & JA Endler (2014). Peacock spiders. Current Biology 24: pR588-R590.

Girard MB, Kasumovic MM & DO Elias (2011). Multi-modal courtship in the peacock spider, Maratus volans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874). PLoS ONE 6: e25390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025390

Girard MB, Elias DO & MM Kasumovic (2015). Female preference for multi-modal courtship: multiple signals are important for male mating success in peacock spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20152222

Girard MB, Kasumovic MM & DO Elias (2018). The role of red coloration and song in peacock spider courtship: insights into complex signalling systems. Behavioral Ecology 29:1234-1244

Girard MB, Elias DO, Azevedo G, Bi K, Kasumovic, MM, Waldock JM, Rosenblum EB & M Hedin (2021). Phylogenomics of peacock spiders and their kin (Salticidae: Maratus), with implications for the evolution of male courtship displays. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132:471-494

Hoye GA & PB McQuillan (2014). Maratus harrisi (Araneae: Salticidae), a newly recorded peacock jumping spider for Tasmania. Tasmanian Naturalist 136:78-82.

Hsiung B-K, Siddique RH, Stavenga DG, Ott JC, Allen MC, Liu Y, Lu Y-F, Deheyn DD, Shawkey MD & TA Blackledge (2017). Rainbow peacock spiders inspire miniature super-iridescent optics. Nature Communications 8: 2278

McCoy DE, McCoy VE, Mandsberg NK, Shneidman AV, Aizenberg J, Prum RO & D Haig (2019). Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 286:1-9

Prasad M (2022). Maratus expolitus: a new widespread peacock spider from Australia’s east coast (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 267.1

Schubert J & R Whyte (2019). A new peacock spider from the Cape York Peninsula (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878). Peckhamia 177.1

Schubert J (2019a). Three new peacock spiders from Southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus tasmanicus group (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878). Peckhamia 187.1:1-10.

Schubert J (2019b). Maratus occasus, a new peacock spider from Queensland, Australia, with a review of the tasmanicus group (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878). Peckhamia 206.1:1-7.

Schubert (2020a). Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophyryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878. Zootaxa 4758:001-044

Schubert (2020b). First records of Maratus robinsoni Otto & Hill 2021 and Maratus vultus Otto & Hill 2016 (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch 1878) from Victoria, Australia. Peckhamia 206.1

Schubert (2021). Maratus nemo: A new wetland species of peacock spider from South Australia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini). Evolutionary Systematcs 5: 71-80

Stavenga DG, Otto JC & BD Wilts (2016). Splendid coloration of the peacock spider Maratus splendens. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 13: 20160437

Waldock JM (1995). A new species of Maratus from southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement No. 52:165-169

Waldock JM (2002). Redescription of Lycidas chrysomelas (Simon) (Araneae: Salticidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 21: 227-234.

Waldock JM (2008). A new species of Maratus (Araneae: Salticidae) from southwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 369-373

Waldock JM (2013). A review of the peacock spiders of the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of four new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 66-81

Waldock JM (2014). Two new species of peacock spider of the Maratus mungaich species-group (Araneae: Salticidae) from south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 149-158

Waldock JM (2015). A new species of peacock spider, Maratus proszynskii sp. nov (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini), from Tasmania, with a review of Maratus in Tasmania, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 30: 144-150.

Waldock JM, Duncan M, Doe M, Fletcher A, O’Toole C & P Irvine (2020). Two new peacock spider species of the genus Maratus (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticidae) from south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 1-9