Biology:Matua (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Matua
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Matua
Forster, 1979[1]
Type species
M. valida
Forster, 1979
Species
  • M. festiva Forster, 1979 – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1979 – New Zealand M. valida

Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and M. valida.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Matua Forster, 1979". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/956. Retrieved 2019-06-04. 
  2. Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae.". Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1–95. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2227717 entry