Matachia

Matachia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970.[4]

Matachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Matachia
Dalmas, 1917[1]
Type species
M. ramulicola
Dalmas, 1917
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Urquhartia Bryant, 1933[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Matachia australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Matachia livor (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
  • Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 (type) – New Zealand
  • Matachia similis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References
  1. "Gen. Matachia Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Marples, B. J. (1962). "The Matachiinae, a group of cribellate spiders". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 44 (301): 704. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1962.tb01965.x.
  3. Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  4. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.


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