Matachia

Matachia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917.^[3] Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970.^[4]

Matachia
Matachia spp. found in the Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Matachia Dalmas, 1917[1]
Type species
M. ramulicola Dalmas, 1917
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Urquhartia Bryant, 1933[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:^[1]

• Matachia australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Matachia livor (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand
• Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
• Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917 (type) – New Zealand
• Matachia similis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand