Matta is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by C. R. Crosby in 1934.[2]

Matta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetrablemmidae
Genus: Matta
Crosby, 1934[1]
Type species
M. hambletoni
Crosby, 1934
Species

10, see text

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains ten species, found in Mexico and Brazil:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Matta Crosby, 1934". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  2. ^ Crosby, C. R. (1934). "An interesting two-eyed spider from Brazil (Tetrablemmidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 29: 19–23.