Masteria

Masteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Dipluridae
Genus:	Masteria L. Koch, 1873
Species
See text.
Diversity
22 species

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 4mm long, females 5mm. 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