Masteria
Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873. They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are long and females are long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes. Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two have no eyes.
Species
, this genus includes 42 species:Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – PeruMasteria aimeae – CubaMasteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – BrazilMasteria angienae Víquez, 2020 – Costa Rica Masteria barona – TrinidadMasteria boggildi Lissner, 2023 – Central America. Imported to DenmarkMasteria caeca – PhilippinesMasteria cavicola – PhilippinesMasteria chalupas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – ColombiaMasteria downeyi – Costa Rica, PanamaMasteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New CaledoniaMasteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican RepublicMasteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – CubaMasteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – GuyanaMasteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 – Fiji, Micronesia Masteria jatunsacha Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New CaledoniaMasteria lasdamas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria lewisi – JamaicaMasteria lucifuga – VenezuelaMasteria luisi Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – ColombiaMasteria macgregori – Papua New GuineaMasteria machay Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 – BrazilMasteria modesta – St. VincentMasteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – BrazilMasteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria pallida – Papua New GuineaMasteria papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – EcuadorMasteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – JamaicaMasteria petrunkevitchi – Puerto RicoMasteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – MartiniqueMasteria simla – TrinidadMasteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Trinidad and TobagoMasteria spinosa – PanamaMasteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – ColombiaMasteria toddae Raven, 1979 – Australia Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 – Philippines Masteria verdum Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – ColombiaMasteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela