Masteria

Masteria Temporal range: Neogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Masteria toddae from Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Species
39, see text
Synonyms[1]
Accola Simon, 1889[2] Antrochares Rainbow, 1898[2] Microsteria Wunderlich, 1988[3]

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

Eye Patterns

Eye pattern of M. barona

Eye pattern of M. downeyi

Eye pattern of M. lewisi

Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi

Eye pattern of M. simla

As of November 2024^[update] it contains 40 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 Is.)
• Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) – 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, 1966) – Costa Rica, Panama
• Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
• Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Rep.
• Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba
• Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana
• Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 (type) – Fiji, Micronesia
• Masteria jatunsacha (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
• Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
• Masteria lasdamas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
• Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) – Jamaica
• Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
• Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – 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) – New Guinea
• Masteria papallacta (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
• Masteria pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
• Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica
• Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964) – Puerto Rico
• Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Martinique
• Masteria simla (Chickering, 1966) – 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 yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela

References

1. "Gen. Masteria L. Koch, 1873". World Spider Catalog Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
2. 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.
3. Raven, R. J. (2000). "Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 573.
4. Koch, L. (1873). Die Arachniden Australiens.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.

External links

• "Masteria". The Encyclopedia of Life.