Matachia
Genus of spiders
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Matachia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917.[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970.[4]
| Matachia | |
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| Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Matachia Dalmas, 1917[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- 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