Masteria
| Masteria Temporal range:
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| Masteria toddae from Queensland, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Dipluridae |
| Genus: | Masteria L. Koch, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. hirsuta L. Koch, 1873
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| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873.[4] They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long and females are 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes.[5][6] Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two (Masteria caecia and Masteria pecki) have no eyes.[7]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes 42 species:[1]
- Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Peru
- Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba
- Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
- Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 – Costa Rica (Cocos Island)
- Masteria barona (Chickering, 1967) – Trinidad
- Masteria boggildi Lissner, 2023 – Central America (presumably Costa Rica). Imported to Denmark
- Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria chalupas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador
- Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – Colombia
- Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1967) – Costa Rica, Panama
- Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Republic
- Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba
- Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana
- Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 – Fiji, Micronesia (type species)
- Masteria jatunsacha Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador
- Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria lasdamas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador
- Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1965) – Jamaica
- Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Masteria luisi Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – Colombia
- Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – Papua 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) – Papua New Guinea
- Masteria papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador
- Masteria pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador
- Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica
- Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1965) – Puerto Rico
- Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Martinique
- Masteria simla (Chickering, 1967) – 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 verdum Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – Colombia
- Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela
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Eye pattern of M. barona
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M. downeyi
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M. lewisi
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M. petrunkevitchi
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M. simla
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Masteria L. Koch, 1873". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
- ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1979). "Systematics of the mygalomorph spider genus Masteria (Masteriinae: Dipluridae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 27 (4): 624. doi:10.1071/zo9790623.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (2000). "Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 573.
- ^ Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens.
- ^ Chickering, A.M. (1964). "Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 71 (4): 174–180. doi:10.1155/1964/37854.
- ^ Chickering, A.M. (1966). "Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 73 (3): 157–164. doi:10.1155/1966/62743.
- ^ Rasalan, Joseph B.; Barrion-Dupo, Aimee Lynn A. (June 2019). "Description of a new species of Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Dipluridae: Masteriinae) with a World Catalogue". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 12 (2): 160–164. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.002.