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Peacock Spider - Maratus robinsoni 

Peacock spiders are a group of mostly small and compact Australasian salticid (genus Maratus) in which the adult males have a plate (the fan) of dense scales, often brilliantly colored and highly iridescent, on the dorsal abdomen (opisthosoma). Often contrasting figures or patterns comprised of pigmented scales are superimposed on a background of iridescent scales. These salticids also have a long and highly flexible pedicel, allowing males to elevate the opisthosoma and display its dorsal pattern to females as part of their courtship display, involving lateral stepping and side to side rotation of the opisthosoma.

Maratus robinsoni is endemic to Australia and was described in 2012 from Newcastle, New South Wales. The opisthosoma of this spider is only a little more than 1 mm in length. With about 2.5 mm in total, it is the smallest peacock spider discovered so far. This small but very colorful species has a nearly circular dorsal opisthosomal plate (fan) with fields of vividly iridescent scales that reflect light directionally at frequencies that span the visible spectrum on a dark background.

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