Matta (spider)

Matta is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by C. R. Crosby in 1934.[2]

Matta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetrablemmidae
Genus: Matta
Crosby, 1934[1]
Type species
M. hambletoni
Crosby, 1934
Species

10, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains ten species, found in Mexico and Brazil:[1]

  • Matta angelomachadoi Brescovit, 2005Brazil
  • Matta cambito Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta hambletoni Crosby, 1934 (type) – Brazil
  • Matta humhum Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta humrrum Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta mckenziei Shear, 1978Mexico
  • Matta nuusga Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta pititinha Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta teteia Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
  • Matta zuiuda Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Matta Crosby, 1934". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  2. Crosby, C. R. (1934). "An interesting two-eyed spider from Brazil (Tetrablemmidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 29: 19–23.


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