Masteria
# 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 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long and females are 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes.

## Species

As of September 2021 it contains 39 species:

* Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Peru
* Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba
* Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
* Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 — Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
* Masteria barona (Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad
* Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
* Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) – Philippines
* Masteria chalupas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – Colombia
* Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1966) – Costa Rica, Panama
* Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
* Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Rep.
* Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba
* Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana
* Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 (type) – Fiji, Micronesia
* Masteria jatunsacha (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia
* Masteria lasdamas (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1964) – Jamaica
* Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
* Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – New Guinea
* Masteria machay (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 – Brazil
* Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent
* Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil
* Masteria otongachi (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria pallida (Kulczyński, 1908) – New Guinea
* Masteria papallacta (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2021) — Ecuador
* Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica
* Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1964) – Puerto Rico
* Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Martinique
* Masteria simla (Chickering, 1966) – Trinidad
* Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Trinidad and Tobago
* Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama
* Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Colombia
* Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 – Australia (Queensland)
* Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 – Philippines (Luzon)
* Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela
