Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and M. valida.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Matua Forster, 1979[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. valida Forster, 1979
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References edit
- ^ 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.