| Matachia | |
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| Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Matachia Dalmas, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| M. ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 | |
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Matachia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970.
Species
As of May 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:
- 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
- ^ "Gen. Matachia Dalmas, 1917". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- 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.
- Dalmas, R. de (1917). "Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 86: 317–430.
- Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 25.
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