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Masteria Machay
''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 South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ..., 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. Species it contains 39 species: *''Masteria aguaruna'' Passanha & Antônio Brescovit, Brescovit, 2018 – Peru *''Masteria aimeae'' (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba *''Masteria amarumayu'' Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil *''Masteria angienae'' Víquez, 2020 — Costa Rica (Cocos Is.) *''Masteria barona'' (Arthur M. Chickering, Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad *''Masteria caeca'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science. From 1850, he practiced as a physician in the Wöhrd district of Nuremberg. He is considered among the four most influential scientists on insects and spiders in the second half of the 19th century. He wrote numerous works on the arachinoids of Europe, Siberia, and Australia. His work earned him worldwide reputation as "Spider Koch". Sometimes confused with his father Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), another famous arachnologist, his name is abbreviated L.Koch on species descriptions; his father's name is abbreviated C.L.Koch Pierre Bonnet. ''Bibliographia araneorum,'' (1945) Les frères Doularoude (Toulouse). Works ''Die Arachniden Australiens'' (1871-1883), his major work on Australian spiders, was completed by Eugen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |