Matta (spider) explained

Matta is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by C. R. Crosby in 1934.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species, found in Mexico and Brazil:^[2]

• Matta angelomachadoi Brescovit, 2005 – Brazil
• Matta cambito Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta hambletoni Crosby, 1934 (type) – Brazil
• Matta humhum Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta humrrum Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta mckenziei Shear, 1978 – Mexico
• Matta nuusga Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta pititinha Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta teteia Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
• Matta zuiuda Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil

See also

• List of Tetrablemmidae species

Notes and References

1. Crosby. C. R.. 1934. An interesting two-eyed spider from Brazil (Tetrablemmidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 19–23. 29.
2. Gen. Matta Crosby, 1934. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.