Masteria Explained
Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873.[1] They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are long and females are long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes.[2] [3]
Species
it contains 39 species:[4]
- Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Peru
- Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba
- Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
- Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 — Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
- Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad
- Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria chalupas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – Colombia
- Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1966) – Costa Rica, Panama
- Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Rep.
- Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba
- Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana
- Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 (type) – Fiji, Micronesia
- Masteria jatunsacha (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria lasdamas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) – Jamaica
- Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – New Guinea
- Masteria machay (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 – Brazil
- Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent
- Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
- Masteria otongachi (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria pallida (Kulczyński, 1908) – New Guinea
- Masteria papallacta (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- 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 – Australia (Queensland)
- Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela
Notes and References
- Book: Koch, L.. 1873. Die Arachniden Australiens.
- Chickering. A.M.. 1964. Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae). Psyche. 71. 4. 174–180. 10.1155/1964/37854. free.
- Chickering. A.M.. 1966. Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I.. Psyche. 73. 3. 157–164. 10.1155/1966/62743. free.
- Gen. Masteria L. Koch, 1873. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-01. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
