Matua (spider)

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]

Matua
Scientific classification
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
Species
M. festiva Forster, 1979 – New Zealand M. valida Forster, 1979 – New Zealand