Masteria

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

Species

Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi

Eye pattern of M. lewisi

• 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

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Masteria.