Masteria is a genus of mygalomorph

Mygalomorphae

The Mygalomorphae, , are an infraorder of spiders. The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other .-Description:...

 spiders that occurs in the tropics of Central

Central America

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 to South America

South America

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, Asia

Asia

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 and Micronesia

Micronesia

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, with one species found in Australia

Australia

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. 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

• 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
  William Joseph Rainbow
  William Joseph Rainbow was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders.-Life:...
  
  , 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

(1964): Two New Species of the Genus Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae). Psyche

Psyche (entomological journal)

Psyche is a scientific journal of entomology which was established in 1874 by the Cambridge Entomological Club as a "journal for the publication of biological contributions upon Arthropoda from any competent person"....

71: 174-180. PDF (1966): Three New Species of Accola (Araneae, Dipluridae) from Costa Rica and Trinidad, W. I. Psyche

Psyche (entomological journal)

Psyche is a scientific journal of entomology which was established in 1874 by the Cambridge Entomological Club as a "journal for the publication of biological contributions upon Arthropoda from any competent person"....

73: 157-164. PDF