Masteria

Masteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Dipluridae
Genus: Masteria
L. Koch, 1873
Species

See text.

Diversity
22 species

Masteria is a genus of mygalomorph spiders that occurs in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. It was formerly known as genus Accola.

The males of M. petrunkevitchi are 4 mm long, females 5 mm. In M. lewisi, M. barona and M. downeyi, which are slightly smaller, only six eyes can be found.

Species

Eye pattern of M. petrunkevitchi
Eye pattern of M. lewisi

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