Matachia

Matachia
Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Matachia Dalmas, 1917[1]
Type species
M. ramulicola Dalmas, 1917
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Urquhartia Bryant, 1933[2]

Matachia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970.[4]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

• Matachia australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Matachia livor (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
• Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 (type) – New Zealand
• Matachia similis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Matachia Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Marples, B. J. (1962). "The Matachiinae, a group of cribellate spiders". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 44 (301): 704. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1962.tb01965.x.
3. Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
4. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.