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Matachia

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Matachia
Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Matachia
Dalmas, 1917[1]
Type species
M. ramulicola
Dalmas, 1917
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Urquhartia Bryant, 1933[2]

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

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As of May 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
  4. ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.