Matidia (spider)

Matidia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Clubionidae
Genus:	Matidia ; Thorell, 1878
Type species
	M. virens ; Thorell, 1878
Species
	17, see text
Synonyms
	KakaibanoidesBarrion & Litsinger, 1995;

Last updated April 27, 2025

Matidia is a genus of southeast Asian sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.^[2] They are nocturnal spiders with long, slender bodies of greenish coloration. ^[3]

Species

As of November 2021^[update] it contains seventeen species:^[1]

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

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Matidia Thorell, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2 November 2021.
↑ 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. 13: 1–317.
↑ Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 97. ISBN 9789577526687.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Matidia Thorell, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[Thor1878-2] 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. 13: 1–317.

[spider_fauna-3] Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 97. ISBN 9789577526687.

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