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Matachia

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

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Matachia
Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Matachia
Dalmas, 19171
Type species
M. ramulicola
Dalmas, 1917
Species

5, see text

Synonyms1
  • Urquhartia Bryant, 19332

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

Species

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

References

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 (2–3): 317–430. doi:10.1080/21686351.1917.12279910.
  4. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.