Matua (spider)

Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and M. valida.[1]

Matua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Matua
Forster, 1979[1]
Type species
M. valida
Forster, 1979
Species
  • M. festiva Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
  • M. valida Forster, 1979 – New Zealand

References
  1. "Gen. Matua Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.


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