Masteria

Masteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Dipluridae
Genus: Masteria
L. Koch, 1873
Species

See text.

Diversity
28 species

Masteria is a genus of mygalomorph spiders that occurs in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. It was formerly known as genus Accola.

The males of M. petrunkevitchi are 4 mm long, females 5 mm. In M. lewisi, M. barona and M. downeyi, which are slightly smaller, only six eyes can be found.

Species

Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi
Eye pattern of M. lewisi
  • Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Peru
  • Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) — Cuba
  • Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil
  • Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) — Trinidad
  • Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) — Philippines
  • Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) — Philippines
  • Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 — Colombia
  • Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1966) — Costa Rica, Panama
  • Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 — New Caledonia
  • Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Dominican Republic
  • Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 — Cuba
  • Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 — Fiji, Micronesia
  • Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 — New Caledonia
  • Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) — Jamaica
  • Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) — Venezuela
  • Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) — New Guinea
  • Masteria modesta (Simon, 1891) — St. Vincent
  • Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil
  • Masteria pallida (Kulczyn'ski, 1908) — New Guinea
  • Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 — Jamaica
  • Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964) — Puerto Rico
  • Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Martinique
  • Masteria simla (Chickering, 1966) — Trinidad
  • Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Trinidad and Tobago
  • Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — Panama
  • Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Colombia
  • Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 — Queensland
  • Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil

Resources

  • Chickering, A.M. (1964): Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae). Psyche 71: 174-180. PDF
  • Chickering, A.M. (1966): Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I. Psyche 73: 157-164. PDF
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