Masteria
Masteria | |
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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
![](../I/m/Masteria.petrunkevitchi.eye.pattern.svg.png)
Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi
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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
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