Masteria

Masteria
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Masteria toddae from Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Dipluridae
Genus: Masteria
L. Koch, 1873[1]
Type species
M. hirsuta
L. Koch, 1873
Species

39, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Accola Simon, 1889[2]
  • Antrochares Rainbow, 1898[2]
  • Microsteria Wunderlich, 1988[3]

Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873.[4] They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long and females are 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes.[5][6] Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two (Masteria caecia and Masteria pecki) have no eyes.[7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1979). "Systematics of the mygalomorph spider genus Masteria (Masteriinae: Dipluridae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 27 (4): 624. doi:10.1071/zo9790623.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (2000). "Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 573.
  4. ^ Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens.
  5. ^ Chickering, A.M. (1964). "Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 71 (4): 174–180. doi:10.1155/1964/37854.
  6. ^ Chickering, A.M. (1966). "Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 73 (3): 157–164. doi:10.1155/1966/62743.
  7. ^ Rasalan, Joseph B.; Barrion-Dupo, Aimee Lynn A. (June 2019). "Description of a new species of Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Dipluridae: Masteriinae) with a World Catalogue". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 12 (2): 160–164. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.002. Retrieved 8 November 2024.