''Matta'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Tetrablemmidae
Tetrablemmidae, sometimes called armored spiders, is a family of tropical araneomorph spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873. It contains 126 described species in 29 genera from southeast Asia, with a few that occur in Afric ...
that was first described by C. R. Crosby in 1934.
Species
it contains ten species, found in
Mexico
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and
Brazil
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:
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Matta angelomachadoi''
Brescovit, 2005 –
Brazil
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Matta cambito''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta hambletoni''
Crosby, 1934 (
type) – Brazil
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Matta humhum''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta humrrum''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta mckenziei''
Shear, 1978 –
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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Matta nuusga''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta pititinha''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta teteia''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
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Matta zuiuda''
Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2019 – Brazil
See also
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List of Tetrablemmidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Tetrablemmidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Ablemma''
'' Ablemma'' Roewer, 1963
* '' A. aiyura'' Shear, 1978 — New Guinea
* '' A. andriana'' Fardiansah & Dupérré, 2019 ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
Tetrablemmidae
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