Matua (spider)
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Matua | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
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Species | |
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Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and M. valida.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Matua Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.
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