Masteria

Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873. They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are long and females are long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes. Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two (Masteria caecia and Masteria pecki) have no eyes.

Species

, this genus includes 42 species:

• Masteria aguaruna <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Peru
• Masteria aimeae <small>(Alayón, 1995)</small> – Cuba
• Masteria amarumayu <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Brazil
• Masteria angienae <small>Víquez, 2020</small> – Costa Rica (Cocos Island)
• Masteria barona <small>(Chickering, 1967)</small> – Trinidad
• Masteria boggildi <small>Lissner, 2023</small> – Central America (presumably Costa Rica). Imported to Denmark
• Masteria caeca <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> – Philippines
• Masteria cavicola <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> – Philippines
• Masteria chalupas <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria colombiensis <small>Raven, 1981</small> – Colombia
• Masteria downeyi <small>(Chickering, 1967)</small> – Costa Rica, Panama
• Masteria franzi <small>Raven, 1991</small> – New Caledonia
• Masteria galipote <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Dominican Republic
• Masteria golovatchi <small>Alayón, 1995</small> – Cuba
• Masteria guyanensis <small>Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018</small> – Guyana
• Masteria hirsuta <small>L. Koch, 1873</small> – Fiji, Micronesia (type species)
• Masteria jatunsacha <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria kaltenbachi <small>Raven, 1991</small> – New Caledonia
• Masteria lasdamas <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria lewisi <small>(Chickering, 1965)</small> – Jamaica
• Masteria lucifuga <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> – Venezuela
• Masteria luisi <small>Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025</small> – Colombia
• Masteria macgregori <small>(Rainbow, 1898)</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Masteria machay <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria manauara <small>Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013</small> – Brazil
• Masteria modesta <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> – St. Vincent
• Masteria mutum <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Brazil
• Masteria otongachi <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria pallida <small>(Kulczyński, 1908)</small> – Papua New Guinea
• Masteria papallacta <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria pasochoa <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2021</small> – Ecuador
• Masteria pecki <small>Gertsch, 1982</small> – Jamaica
• Masteria petrunkevitchi <small>(Chickering, 1965)</small> – Puerto Rico
• Masteria sabrinae <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Martinique
• Masteria simla <small>(Chickering, 1967)</small> – Trinidad
• Masteria soucouyant <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Trinidad and Tobago
• Masteria spinosa <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1925)</small> – Panama
• Masteria tayrona <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Colombia
• Masteria toddae <small>Raven, 1979</small> – Australia (Queensland)
• Masteria urdujae <small>Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019</small> – Philippines (Luzon)
• Masteria verdum <small>Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025</small> – Colombia
• Masteria yacambu <small>Passanha & Brescovit, 2018</small> – Venezuela

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