Matua (spider)

Matua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Matua; Forster, 1979
Type species
	; Forster, 1979
Species
	M. festiva Forster, 1979 – New Zealand ; Forster, 1979 – New Zealand;

Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.^[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and .^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Matua Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
^ Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Gen. Matua Forster, 1979". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.

[Fors1979-2] Forster, R. R. (1979). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae". Otago Museum Bulletin. 5: 1–95.

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