Masteria

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Masteria

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Dipluridae
Genus:	Masteria L. Koch, 1873

Diversity

22 species

Species

See text.

Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi

Eye pattern of M. lewisi

Masteria is a genus of mygalomorph spiders that occurs in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. It was formerly known as genus Accola.

The males of M. petrunkevitchi are 4mm long, females 5mm. In M. lewisi, M. barona and M. downeyi, which are slightly smaller, only six eyes can be found.

[edit] Species

Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) — Cuba
Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) — Trinidad
Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) — Philippines
Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) — Philippines
Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 — Colombia
Masteria cyclops (Simon, 1889) — Venezuela
Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1966) — Costa Rica, Panama
Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 — New Caledonia
Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 — Cuba
Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 — Fiji, Micronesia
Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 — New Caledonia
Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) — Jamaica
Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) — Venezuela
Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) — New Guinea
Masteria modesta (Simon, 1891) — St. Vincent
Masteria pallida (Kulczyn'ski, 1908) — New Guinea
Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 — Jamaica
Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964) — Puerto Rico
Masteria simla (Chickering, 1966) — Trinidad
Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — Panama
Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 — Queensland
Masteria tovarensis (Simon, 1889) — Venezuela

[edit] Resources

Chickering, A.M. (1964): Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae). Psyche 71: 174-180. PDF
Chickering, A.M. (1966): Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I. Psyche 73: 157-164. PDF