Matachia
| Matachia | |
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| Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Dalmas, 1917[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. ramulicola Dalmas, 1917
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- Matachia australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Matachia livor (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
- Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
- Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 (type) – New Zealand
- Matachia similis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Matachia Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.