Matidia (spider) explained

Matidia is a genus of southeast Asian sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Matidia bipartita Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Moluccas)
• Matidia calcarata Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia (Ambon)
• Matidia chlora Chrysanthus, 1967 – New Guinea
• Matidia flagellifera Simon, 1897 – Sri Lanka
• Matidia incurvata Reimoser, 1934 – India
• Matidia mas Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Thailand
• Matidia missai Versteirt, Baert & Jocqué, 2010 – New Guinea
• Matidia muju Chrysanthus, 1967 – New Guinea
• Matidia paranga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
• Matidia simia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Matidia simplex Simon, 1897 – Sri Lanka
• Matidia spatulata Chen & Huang, 2006 – China, Taiwan
• Matidia strobbei Versteirt, 2010 – New Guinea
• Matidia trinotata Thorell, 1890 – Malaysia
• Matidia virens Thorell, 1878 (type) – Indonesia (Moluccas, Sulawesi)
• Matidia viridissima Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• Matidia xieqian Yu & Li, 2021 – China

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1878. Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari.. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 1–317. 13.
2. 2021. Gen. Matidia Thorell, 1878. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 2 November 2021.