Matua (spider)
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| Matua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
| 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]