Masteria
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Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873.[1] They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are Script error: No such module "convert". long and females are Script error: No such module "convert". long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes.[2][3] Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two (Masteria caecia and Masteria pecki) have no eyes.[4]
Species
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- Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Peru
- Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba
- Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
- Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 — Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
- Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad
- Masteria boggildi Lissner, 2023 — Central America (presumably Costa Rica). Imported to Denmark
- Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
- Masteria chalupas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – Colombia
- Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1966) – Costa Rica, Panama
- Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Rep.
- Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba
- Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana
- Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 (type) – Fiji, Micronesia
- Masteria jatunsacha (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
- Masteria lasdamas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) – Jamaica
- Masteria luisi Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 - Colombia
- Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – New Guinea
- Masteria machay (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 – Brazil
- Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent
- Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
- Masteria otongachi (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria pallida (Kulczyński, 1908) – New Guinea
- Masteria papallacta (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
- Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica
- Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964) – Puerto Rico
- Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Martinique
- Masteria simla (Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad
- Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Trinidad and Tobago
- Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama
- Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Colombia
- Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 – Australia (Queensland)
- Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Masteria verdum Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 - Colombia
- Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela
References
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